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Advertiser Index A Better Life Mortgage, Kathy Kemper-Zanck . . . . . . . . . . 114 A1 Garage Door Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Able & Ready Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Museum of Indigenous People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Northern Arizona Social LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Northpoint Expeditionary Learning Academy . . . . . . . . . . 49

Alliance Home Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Olsen’s for Healthy Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Apricot Lane Boutique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Phippen Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Amazing Foot Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics . . 66

Arizona Community Foundation of Yavapai County . . . 60

Arizona Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 Arizona Field Optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

ASIS Massage Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 B & M Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Optima Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Ponderosa Hotel Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Premiere Tax & Accounting Services PLLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Premium Granite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Prescott Flooring Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Prescott Flower Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Prescott Landscape Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Back Alley Wine Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Prescott Longridgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Bella Home Furnishings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Prescott Outpatient Surgical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Bashford Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Blue Raven Landscape & Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Blushing Cactus Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Broken Horn D Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Bucky’s & Yavapai Casinos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Capstone Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Carman Law Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Chubby Chuck’s Subs/ Old Stage Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Cliff Castle Casino Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Coldwell Banker - Brinkhurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Coldwell Banker Realty - Peter Fife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Prescott Maid To Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Prescott Unified School District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Prescott Women’s Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 69 Pur Solar & Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Pure Wafer, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Purple Clover Boutique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Realty ONE Group Mountain Desert - John Murphy . . . . . . . 127 Realty ONE Group Mountain Desert - Judy Bluhm . . . . . . . . 119 Realty ONE Group Mountain Desert - Luther Kraxberger . .153 Rogers Academy of Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

ROX Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Complete Foot & Ankle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Run-A-Muk Dog Hotel & Resort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Drawn West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Russ Lyon Sotheby’s Int’l Realty - Laura Spaeth . . . . . . . .123

Desert Financial Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Elegant Entrys AZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Fairway Independent Mortgage - Laurie Moore . . . . . . . .107 Findlay Subaru of Prescott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Findlay Toyota Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Findlay Toyota Prescott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172 Founding Fathers Collective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 Framers Market & Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Franchise Copilots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Geico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Haley Construction Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122 Hassayampa Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Russ Lyon Sotheby’s Int’l Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Sacred Heart Catholic School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Scottsdale Plastic Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Sharlot Hall Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158, 159 Smart Mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Summit Jeep Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 The Hike Shack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

The Natural Healing Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 The Raven Cafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Thumb Butte Beauty & Wellness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Thumb Butte Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 79 Totally Floored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Ty’s Glass Cleaning & Power Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Heritage Park Zoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Watters Garden Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

I Organize 4 You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

West Valley Garage Cabinets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Highlands Center for Natural History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 144 James Family Prescott YMCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Joe’s Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

West USA Realty of Prescott - Christine Sirochman . . . .129

Whiskers Barkery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Yavapai College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Keller Williams Realty - Kellie Rutherford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Yavapai County Community Health Services . . . . . . . . . .153

Medina’s House Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

ZebraScapes LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

MCK Woodworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

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Publisher’s Letter

Embrace the Best of Both Seasons I

n late summer Greater Prescott takes on a different glow. The days start to grow shorter and the light takes on a new slant as we move toward the invigorating shift into fall.

We’re making the most of the summer we have left and kicking off another school year.

This year our Back-to-School issue shares tips on how best to support the study habits of the students in your life, as well as keep them healthy throughout the school year so they can do their best work and realize their full potential. Dr. Anette Karlsson, chancellor of the dynamic Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott campus, shares some of the school’s strengths and goals.

This is also a time of transition in our communities. The City of Prescott is busy at work on its future City Hall in the former National Bank Building at Montezuma and Willis streets; several new businesses are opening in Prescott Valley; and the new Prescott Regional Airport terminal and CP Tech headquarters have been dedicated. Read about this and more in our Prescott Pioneer section.

We’re moving past the season of grilling out, chilling out and vacations, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy the benefits of living in or visiting this area!

Our Best of Yavapai County section is here to tell you what our readers recommend for everything from dining destinations and schools to shopping, services and more. Our list will remind you of many of your local favorites and tip you off to lots more places to check out!

Plus there’s plenty of time on the weekends for day trips, so check out contributing writer Ray Newton’s account of his recent ramble through the Arizona Copper Art Museum and Yavapai College’s Southwest Wine Center in Clarkdale, plus golf at Sedona’s Canyon Mesa Country Club.

This is one of my favorite times of the year as we say a fond farewell to another lovely summer in Greater Prescott and start to welcome autumn’s brilliant colors and subtle warmth. Read on and enjoy it with us!

Elaine Earle Elaine Earle

Publisher, Prescott LIVING Magazine

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At Prescott LIVING Magazine, our slogan is “The Voice of the Community” because we believe the stories in our local region are best told by the people, companies, nonprofits and governments that comprise our community. Here are the “voices” who helped make this issue possible!

Dr. Hojat Askari

Founder & Medical Director, Thumb Butte Medical Center

Lisa Hayes

Executive Director, Sharlot Hall Museum

Sheri L. Heiney

President/CEO, Prescott Chamber of Commerce

Prescott Parks & Rec Department: Samara Rice-Cummings Recreation Services Administrative Specialist

Patti Crouse

Recreation Services Administrative Coordinator

Michelle Stacy-Schroeder,

Recreation Services Coordinator

Kelly Tolbert

Recreation Services Coordinator

Rick Hormann

Recreation Services Supervisor

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Ken Lain

Owner, Watters Garden Center

Maggie Tidaback

Economic Development Project Manager, Town of Chino Valley

Marnie Uhl

President & CEO Prescott Valley Chamber of Commerce

Donna Werking

Owner, Marketing Agency Northern Arizona Social, LLC

Loree Walden

Marketing Manager, Yavapai Humane Society

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The Prescott Pioneer THE LATEST LOCAL NEWS

Stories by Ray Newton

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PRC—Newest Airport in Nation, at Least One Day Local, state and federal officials formally dedicated the recently completed Prescott Regional Airport (PRC) the morning of June 18.

Following remarks from local mayors and councilmembers and from Mark McClardy, Federal Aviation Administration director for the WesternPacific region, a bronze plaque was unveiled before an invited crowd of more than 150 people.

The $15 million, 18,000-square-foot air terminal is serving a constantly growing commercial air service demand, city officials emphasized.

Prescott Mayor Greg Mengarelli reviewed the record of flight in the Prescott area, saying Prescott has a “ninedecade history of flight and progress in Yavapai County.” He also said it appears more carriers and destinations may be scheduled for the future.

Several speakers praised Dr. Robin Sobotta, PRC director, for her dedication

Busy Summer for Prescott Officials Mid-summer is finding City leaders and officials caught up in major activity.

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in making the new terminal a reality.

Prescott Chamber of Commerce immediate past chair Jamaal McCoy said he represented the entire region when he thanked Sobotta for her more than three years of commitment in finding more than $28 million in state PRC Main Terminal - Photo by Bob Shanks and federal grants and other forms of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. support to build the terminal and expand Even so, she said, she expects that the airport. ranking to go higher as more and Sobotta told those present that more passengers return to air travel.

PRC was the “25th busiest commercial airport in the nation.” She qualified her City officials said funding is being comment by noting much of that was sought to support extending the main a result of flight training operations at runway from 7,619 feet to 11,000 feet. million that had been suggested.

Additional funds are to provide contingency funding to cover possible future state and federal grants, said Budget and Finance Director Mark Woodfill.

New City Hall — Escrow closed on June 10 on the $7.55 million National Bank building that will become the new Prescott City Hall. Human Resources staff has begun the move to the new location at 201 N. Montezuma. The new 30,600-square-foot building has approximately one-third more space than the current City Hall on Goodwin Street.

New police chief — City Manager Michael Lamarr named Amy Bonney as the City’s new police chief June 28.

She had been the interim chief since Debora Black resigned from the position in February. Bonney was chosen as her successor after a national search.

A Prescott native, Bonney has worked for the Prescott Police Department for 23 years and had been deputy chief since 2016.

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safe and wonderful place to live, work and visit,” she said.

Resignation — City Attorney Jon Paladini resigned his position effective July 31, saying he had accepted a position with Pierce Coleman, a Scottsdale-Mesa based law firm. Paladini had been employed by the City since January 2013. Prescott Mayor Greg Mengarelli praised Paladini, saying he had served the City capably.

Changes at annex — The City Annex on 218 S. Marina is now home for the Center for the Future (CFF). CFF President and Director Jon Haass said the 501(c)(3) corporation is an incubator for new jobs and high-tech industries that locate in the Prescott area. Haass, also a professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, said several start-up companies already had moved into the building.

Archer’s Bikes - Photo courtesy Prescott Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Prescott Valley Welcomes New Businesses More than a dozen new businesses opened in Prescott Valley during the past eight months, prompting community and businesses leaders to feel more and more confident the economy is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cutter Chamberlain, Prescott Valley economic development coordinator, said he is optimistic: “Business is picking up.

In the last few months, retail sales have

increased in our area. It does not appear to be slowing down anytime soon.”

He said sales tax revenue tax is up 15% from 2020 and continues to increase.

Marnie Uhl, CEO and president of the Prescott Valley Chamber of Commerce, said she and the chamber board were enthusiastic about the future.

“We’re excited to see a wide variety of new business openings in recent weeks.

But we’re also gratified to see other smaller businesses starting, perhaps without the fanfare of corporate sponsorship but nevertheless with significant economic impact for the region.”

Uhl said new businesses meant more employment, more tax revenue and more local and visitor activity within the town.

“Everyone benefits when we have positive business growth, regardless of its being a national or regional chain or a local mom-and-pop operation,” she said.

National chain Discount Tire has opened at 7063 E. 1st St. Store manager Jacob Dehart, who came to Prescott Valley three months ago from Bullhead City, said Discount Tire is the “largest independent

FreedomCore Pilates - Photo courtesy Prescott Valley Chamber of Commerce.

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hen Dr. Anette Karlsson arrived in Prescott at the beginning of August 2019, she made a pledge to the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) campus community. That statement was simple and sincere.

She said she would emphasize a university education that was personal, student-focused and totally immersive.

She emphasized continuation of exceptional and rigorous learning experiences at all levels.

Karlsson succeeded Dr. Frank Ayers, who retired from the chancellorship at ERAU-Prescott and moved to the ERAUDaytona Beach, Florida, campus.

With Karlsson was her husband Rick and their longtime companion cat Molly.

Karlsson, a native of Sweden, was praised by ERAU president Dr. P. Barry Butler following a national search to fill the chancellorship. Butler said Karlsson brought stellar academic credentials, superb executive experience and a passion for both engineering and aviation

and a team-oriented approach to the chancellorship.

She is the leader of what is considered the No. 1 aviation and aerospace university in the nation. The enrollment is expected to exceed 3,000 this fall, with students coming from all 50 states and from more than 40 nations. The increase in enrollment, though modest, is an exception to what is happening in much of the rest of the country where enrollments in college and universities have been dropping.

Though only in Arizona a brief time, Karlsson has had a dynamic impact upon not just the Prescott area but also the state. She was named by AA Business and AZRE magazine as one of the “Most Influential Women in Arizona in 2020.”

Because of shutdowns caused by Covid 19, no awards were presented in 2020.

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the sponsors says Karlsson and the others are “among women changing the face of Arizona business.”

Prior to coming to the U.S., Karlsson had a successful academic and work career in Sweden. She completed degrees in engineering — a bachelor’s in 1985 and a master’s in 1990 — at Linkoping University.

During that same period, she worked for Saab Corporation in the aerospace division. She then moved to the U.S. where she served as a scientific attaché in the Swedish embassy. Karlsson soon enrolled at Rutgers University, where she earned her doctorate in mechanical and aerospace engineering in 1999. She also had post-doctoral research experience at Princeton University.

Karlsson was on the faculty at the University of Delaware from 2002 to 2012 – Department Chair from 2008 to 2012 and became chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

In 2012, she moved to Cleveland State University, where she was a professor and dean in the Washkewicz College of Engineering until she accepted the administrative position at ERAU. During her career, Karlsson has received dozens of honors and recognitions for her efforts. She is author of more than 80 peer-reviewed national and international journal articles. She also has been a primary adviser for more than 15 doctoral and master’s degree candidates.

Other awards include the U.S. Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award and the University of Delaware E.A. Trabant Award for Women’s Equity. She also received the Young Scholars Award from the Francis Alison Society and is a member in the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi. Karlsson told Prescott LIVING she especially was pleased with the strong leadership in place at the ERAUPrescott campus: “We are fortunate to have a great group of leaders with a variety of backgrounds and expertise, including academia, business, enrollment management, athletics, and marketing.

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they have been so warmly welcomed to Prescott. Anette and Rick agree: “We’re finding that not only the campus community is a welcoming one, so is the greater community. People are so friendly and open. We’re truly happy we had the opportunity to be a part of this great university.”

Prescott LIVING: Tell us about when you came to the U.S. Dr. Anette Karlsson: I’ve been in the U.S. since 1992. Before that, I worked for Saab Aerospace in Sweden, and in 1992 I had the opportunity to work for the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C., as a scientific attaché. There, I worked with helping Swedish and American companies developing collaborative efforts around research and technology. At that point, I had a master’s degree in engineering. With my P RES C OT T L I V I NG MAG .C O M

experience at the Embassy, I decided to stay in the U.S. to get a Ph.D. And yes, I’m still here!

Prescott LIVING: What part of Sweden are you from?

Dr. Anette Karlsson: I grew up in the countryside outside a town called Örebro. It is about 2 hours west of Stockholm. This is a beautiful city, that has a mideval looking castle right in the downtown area. I later moved to Linköping, where Saab Aerospace is located.

Prescott LIVING: That’s where you earned your bachelor’s and master’s degrees, correct?

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Greg Mengarelli, Mayor City of Prescott

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“We had such a great day on June 18th when we officially dedicated the new terminal at Prescott Regional Airport. There were over 200 guests from around the region, City Councilmembers, airport staff and representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation

Security Administration, along with representatives from the contractors who helped build this amazing building, including Dibble Engineering, Willmeng Construction and Fann Contracting.

Thank you to Dr. Robin Sobotta and her team at the airport for leading in this effort.”

Events Returning “The summer is off to a great start, with virtually all of our beloved events returning inperson and at full capacity. In June we welcomed the Arizona High School Finals Rodeo for the first time, with hundreds of young riders and their families enjoying all that our city has to offer. The summer concert series kicked off with hundreds attending each performance. The Bluegrass Festival and Frontier Days Parade, and World’s Oldest Rodeo® saw huge numbers of fans. There are many more great events coming this summer and through the end of 28

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the year with Arizona’s Christmas City. I hope you can join us! It’s great to be back with everyone!”

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Aug. 21 Sharlot’s WineFest Sharlot Hall Museum

Sept. 4-6 Faire on the Square Arts & Craft Show Courthouse Plaza

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Prescott Valley Mayor Kell Palguta: “When you look around and see new people moving into our area, you should have no question in your mind as to why. We all moved to Prescott Valley for a reason, and once the secret got out as to what the community has to offer, it is really no wonder that others want to move to our area.”

The Town of Prescott Valley is looking forward to an active fall — events and activities go on year ‘round with our outstanding climate!

Music on the Green takes place at the Civic Center Theater on the Green with six concerts starting July 31 through Sept. 4. Enjoy free concerts with Famous in Denmark, Pick & Holler, King Copper Jazz Band, Thunder n’ Lightnin, Front Page Band and Mood Swing Band.

For information call Community Services at 928-759-3090 or visit pvaz.net/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=399 Get ready to geek out Aug. 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the Fandomania comic-con event at Findlay Toyota Center! Fandomania combines all things comics, movies, book and gaming with local businesses, authors and artists. Enjoy a full day of free workshops and activities: pvpllibrary.wixsite.com/fandomania 30

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Join us for the Prescott Valley Healing Field of Northern Arizona Sept. 10-17. Volunteers will install 3,000 American flags on the Civic Center lawns on Friday, Sept. 10. On Saturday, Sept. 11, opening ceremonies for the Healing Field take place at 10 a.m. at Theater on the Green, followed that evening at 6 p.m. with the annual ceremony to honor those lost on 9/11.

An outdoor patriotic concert will be on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 6 p.m. at Theater on the Green. All events are free; bring lawn chairs for the concerts: facebook.com/PrescottValleyFlags Recreation swim at Mountain Valley Splash closes Aug. 8, but water aerobics and lap swim continues through Sept. 24: pvaz.net/parks Run for the Hill of It 5K Run and Walk takes place Saturday, Sept.

25. Take a run, hike or walk on Glassford Hill’s Summit Trail. This noncompetitive event showcases the beauty and accessibility of Glassford Hill. Entry fee will include a T-shirt, snacks and other fun incentives: pvaz.net Be sure to check out the new QRcode-guided tours of the sculptures and art pieces that are part of the Prescott Valley Civic Center’s

Art at the Center exhibit. These QR codes also will be installed near sculptures outside the Civic Center grounds, such as Town parks.

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“Chino Valley is a beautifully blended community of multigenerational residents, young families, and a growing number of recent retirees,” says Vice Mayor Annie Perkins. “Our townspeople have always come together in times of need, and our businesses support our close knit community with donations of time and treasure for our youth programs, recreational activities and volunteer services to improve the quality of life in our town. In my opinion, the best of Chino Valley lies in the hearts and minds of our community stewards, and for that, I am extremely grateful.”

Best of: Growing Tourism in Chino Valley Granite Creek Vineyards is under new ownership and rocking the summer music program. The vineyard/tasting room is now called Winey Cats at Granite Creek Vineyards. Wine continues to be sold, and there is live music on Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m., through Oct. 30.

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Chino Valley Equestrian Park Gears up to bring back rodeo President Cooper Anderson has great things to say about the upcoming plans of the Chino Valley Equestrian Park. With the recent acquisition of stadium lights, they will be able to host cooler night-time events. The park is revamping the entire arena with a couple goals — No. 1 is to bring back the rodeo within two years.

Roping organizations and event promoters are being solicited for a second goal to host events each weekend. Currently, the equestrian group is in talks with Extreme Cowboy Association.

If all goes well the Chino Valley Equestrian Park will be their home base in Northern Arizona! The Park is located at Old Home Manor — Perkinsville Road East, left at Old Home Manor Drive and a left on Rodeo Drive. Contact: Cvea.az@ gmail.com for more information.

Annie Perkins - Vice Mayor EVENTS • Chino Valley Food Truck Festival Aug. 14 4 to 8 p.m.

Live music by Scandalous Hands.

• Chino Valley 50th Anniversary and Territorial Days Sept. 4 All day Parade begins at 9 a.m.; games, activities and vendors at Memory Park until early afternoon. Free concert in the park 6 to 9 p.m. featuring Darin Mahoney, Road One South.

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• Chino Valley Grinder Sept. 25 All day Outdoor Bike Race starting at Old Home Manor and taking the dirt road to Perkinsville to Williams and back. Hungry Badger food truck will be at the finish line.

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s this academic year begins, our kids have already been through a lot — even if they’re just starting kindergarten. More than ever they need us to provide structure and encouragement so they can have the best foundation for study and success.

The turbulence of the last year and a half has affected us all, and many children are feeling unsure of what they can expect from this school year. The best thing we can do for them is assure them the basic path to a good education will always be the same, no matter what else happens.

Keep them healthy Nutritious food, lots of physical activity (up to an hour per day) and anywhere from eight to 11 hours of sleep every night, depending on your children’s ages, are the building blocks for their developing brain, and the intellectual curiosity it will take to keep them invested in their education and pursuing new academic goals.

chores, paying bills or work projects), be mindful of how much time you spend on phone and other devices, etc. You can even bond with your kids by taking an online course, learning a new language or taking on a similar challenge at the same time they’re learning to challenge themselves in school.

Show how it’s done Model the importance of reading to and with your children, show them how you use reading and math skills in everyday life, spend time doing your own “homework” (for you it could be household

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resources available there as you can.

It could be that the family computer is set up somewhere else, or one of your kids could prefer not being assigned to a specific spot for all study activities, but most will function well in this arrangement. If they’re going to have their own phone and/or laptop in that space, set reasonable boundaries on their use.

It’s about the journey Don’t focus on their grades or accolades so much as the

effort they put in along the way. If their grades are mostly good, acknowledge them but apply most of the praise to the hard work they put in and how much they’ve learned and improved. If they’re struggling in a few classes, applaud the work they’ve put in, any improvements they’ve made, and talk with them and their teacher about what they and you can do to help them better understand the material.

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YC Grads Celebrate in Traditional Commencement

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undreds of Yavapai College students reached a significant crossroad on their life journeys this spring — completing an associate’s degree or earning a career credential — and paused to celebrate their achievements during traditional commencement ceremonies May 15 at Findlay Toyota Center.

Students celebrated success in nursing, computer and physical sciences, education, electronics, winemaking, horticulture, animal care, performing and visual arts, paramedicine, welding and justice studies, among others academic areas.

YC President Dr. Lisa Rhine told the graduates she as thrilled to be celebrating with them in person after “more than a year of isolation, virtual communication and distance.”

Emphasizing the value and power of dreams, Rhine said, “Never let it be said that to dream is a waste of one’s time. For dreams are our realities in waiting. In dreams we plant the seeds of our future.

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difficult circumstances and dreams create a focus in our lives. Dreams are realized at community colleges.”

Brian Moultrup, the morning commencement student speaker and an aspiring U.S. Army Chaplain, shared that YC was his fifth try at college and the first successful one. He said he suffered years of addiction fueled by a profound belief he had nothing to offer the world.

“Friends, I am here because

of you, the YC family. I am alive because someone answered the phone when I called. I am alive because my family and friends listened and loved me when I thought they didn’t … Maybe today is the beginning of a new chapter for you or you’ve cracked the cover to begin writing a new book. Either way, I encourage you, answer the phone when someone calls, listen when someone cries out and love each other well because opportunity isn’t something we have to do, it’s something we get to do.’

Brittany Thomas, the afternoon commencement student speaker, said she found in YC the “home” she was looking for after years of homeschooling and frequent moves with her U.S. Coast Guard family.

An honors student and All-Arizona Academic Team scholar, Brittany described discovering YC online and then visiting and falling in love with the campus as akin to a life miracle.

“Yavapai College truly put the community in community college, and I felt like a member of their family. I felt that way then, and I still hold that sentiment today.”

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Greater Prescott Education Directory PRESCOTT Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 3700 Willow Creek Road 928-777-6600 prescott.erau.edu Northern Arizona University Prescott 1100 E. Sheldon St. 928-523-2988 nau.edu/prescott Prescott College 220 Grove Ave. 928-778-2090 prescott.edu Yavapai College 1100 E. Sheldon St. 928-445-7300 yc.edu Mountain Institute Joint Technical Education District (JTED) 3003 Centerpointe East Drive 928-771-0791 micted.net Career & Technical Education Center (CTEC) 220 Ruger Road 928-776-2002 yc.edu/ctec Abia Judd Elementary School Prescott Unified School District 1749 Williamson Valley Road 928-717-3263 prescottschools.com/aj Lincoln Elementary School Prescott Unified School District 201 Park Ave. 928-717-3249 prescottschools.com/lincoln Taylor Hicks Elementary School Prescott Unified School District 1845 Campbell Ave. 928-717-3276 prescottschools.com/th Granite Mountain School 5th-6th Prescott Unified School District 1800 Williamson Valley Road 928-717-3253 prescottschools.com/gms Prescott Mile High Middle School Prescott Unified School District 300 S. Granite St. 928-717-3241 prescottschools.com/pmhms Prescott High School Prescott Unified School District 1050 N. Ruth St. 928-445-2322 prescottschools.com/phs Aspire High School Yavapai Accomodation School District #99 2972 Centerpointe Drive East 928-795-8126 yavapaicountyhighschool.com BASIS Prescott K-12th Charter School 1901 Prescott Lakes Pkwy.

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La Tierra Community School K-7th Charter School 124 N Virginia St. 928-445-5100 latierracommunityschool.org

Humboldt Elementary School Humboldt Unified School District 2750 S. Corral St. 928-759-4400 he.humboldtunified.com

Prescott Valley School K-8th Charter School 9500 Lorna Lane 928-772-8744 pvschool.com

Mountain Oak Charter School Preschool-7th 1455 Willow Creek Road 928-541-7700 mountainoakschool.org​

Lake Valley Elementary School Humboldt Unified School District 3900 N. Starlight Drive 928-759-4200 lv.humboldtunified.com

Northpoint Expeditionary Learning Academy Charter High School 551 First St. 928-717-3272 northpointacademy.org

Liberty Traditional School Humboldt Unified School District K-8th 3300 N. Lake Valley Road 928-759-4500 lib.humboldtunified.com

Yavapai County High School Yavapai Accomodation School District #99 6325 Baja Cir. 928-771-3568 yavapaicountyhighschool.com

Primavera School Pre-6th Private School 1446 Moyer Road 928-445-5382 primaveraschool.org

Mountain View Elementary School Humboldt Unified School District 8601 E. Loos Drive 928-759-4700 mv.humboldtunified.com

Sacred Heart Catholic School Preschool-8th Private School 131 N. Summit Ave. 928-445-2621 sacredhearteducation.com

Glassford Hill Middle School Humboldt Unified School District 6901 Panther Path 928-759-4600 gh.humboldtunified.com

Skyview School K-8th Charter School 125 S. Rush St. 928-776-1730 skyviewschool.org

Bradshaw Mountain High School Humboldt Unified School District 6000 Long Look Drive 928-759-4100 hs.humboldtunified.com

Tri-City College Prep High School 5th-12th Charter School 5522 Side Road 928-777-0403 ​tricityprep.org

AAEC High School Charter School 7500 E. Skoog Blvd.

928-775-3200 aaechs.com

Trinity Christian School K-12 Private School 1077 W. Mogollon Road 928-445-6306 trinitychristianaz.com

Franklin Phonetic Primary School K-8th Charter School 6116 E. Hwy. 69 928-775-6747 franklinphoneticschool.com

Willow Creek Charter School K-8th Charter School 2100 Willow Creek Road 928-776-1212 willowcreekcharter.com

Prescott Valley Charter School K-8th Charter School 9500 Lorna Lane 928-772-8744 pvschool.com

PRESCOTT VALLEY Northern Arizona University Prescott Valley Campus 7351 Skoog Blvd.

928-775-4567 nau.edu/prescottvalley Bright Futures Preschool Humboldt Unified School District 6411 N. Robert Road 928-759-5130 bf.humboldtunified.com Coyote Springs Elementary Humboldt Unified School District 6625 N. Cattletrack Drive 928-759-4300 cs.humboldtunified.com Granville Elementary School Humboldt Unified School District 5250 N. Stover Drive 928-759-4800 ge.humboldtunified.com

Acorn Montessori Schools Pre-8th Charter School 8556 E Loos Drive 928-772-5778 acornmontessori.com Park View Middle School Charter School 9030 E. Florentine Road 928-775-5115 parkviewschool.org Canyon View Prep Academy Charter High School 9030 E Florentine Road 928-775-5115 canyonview-prep.org Mingus Mountain Academy Private MIddle-High School 3071 Robert Road 602-249-1311 mmaaz.com PACE Preparatory Academy Charter High School 6711 E 2nd St. 928-775-9675 paceacademy.com

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s last year through this spring brought its various challenges, most parents and teachers share a positive outlook for the future. Take, for instance, Skyview School kindergarten teacher Kate Butcher.

Kate grew up in the hills of Jerome. With 18 years of teaching experience, she holds a master’s in language, literacy and culture, and an AZ K-8 license.

“When I found Skyview, it felt like I was home,” she says. “Students are seen for themselves, celebrated, and honored in all their individuality.”

Kate and her co-teacher and sister Alice Ross, have run a fun-filled one-week summer camp every June for Skyview students since 2018.

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and fun activities to keep the kids engaged when parents are working.

Now, Kate is ready to get back for the fall quarter.

“Each year, we spend hours, days and even weeks in our classrooms preparing both the classrooms and for our academic calendars and curriculum. This is often done with grade-level teams, subject-area teams and other subgroups within our schools,” Kate says. “To execute a smooth and productive school year it is imperative teachers are ready to go on Day One, with not only student lessons and activities, but long-term plans and an overarching view of the school year.”

As the school year is fast upon us, Kate says she hopes parents will share a “willingness to communicate needs and an openness to express emotions, needs and ideas.”

“Parents should have an organized space at home for the children to keep materials and maintain a sense of ownership and responsibility for school-related tasks, materials, etc.,” she says.

“Communication is the No. 1 ingredient in a healthy and positive home-toschool relationship!”

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hirty years ago, Ken Ludden had already traveled throughout the world for his career as a ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher — a career nurtured by acclaimed British ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn.

But driving through Northern Arizona for the first time, “I just felt like my body and this land were somehow connected. It sounds all hippy-dippy, but I’ve traveled all over the world and I’ve never felt that way anywhere,” he says.

That moment eventually led to the relocation of his home and the Margot Fonteyn Academy of Ballet.

His story with Fonteyn, told in his published memoir My Margot, began in 1967 when he was 15 and met her at an event in Washington, D.C. The next year she set him up to study in Europe and live with her mother in London, where he stayed for six years. “We were just like family,” he says.

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to operate a ballet academy with her name on it. They planned the school over the last dozen years of her life until she died in 1991.

“We were really planning the school, and we were planning it in a way so that 500 years from now there would be really good, quality ballet in the world,” he says.

The mission: to give international ballet-caliber students a wellrounded education in all the arts.

From 1984 until 2005 Fonteyn’s education system was tested in summer school programs, dance programs, and a school called Washington Classical Dance (19861996), and then in California at the Jon Sims Center for Performing Arts in San Francisco until 2003.

Finally, in 2005, it was ready and opened just outside of Manhattan in the lower Hudson Valley, where it ran from 2005-2017. At that time a new state requirement forced it to relocate, Ludden says. This led to his house hunt in Prescott and his introduction to local leaders.

Ludden is grateful for the support he’s gotten from Mayor Greg Mengarelli, the Harold James Family Trust and other local figures for the academy: “Prescott is a very special place. I mean really, really special; the people have no idea.”

The school’s offices and initial classroom space will be at 122 N. Cortez St. Ludden’s unsure of when the first international students will arrive due to COVID-19 restrictions. The campus’ ultimate capacity will be 200 students; its library and some programs will be open to the public, he says.

Meanwhile, he’s teaching 20 classes a week via Zoom and working with about a dozen local students while the academy maintains alternate campuses and affiliated schools on five continents.

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From left, Kaden Thiele–Tri City Prep; Emma Tenney–Prescott High; Bizzie Bower–Tri City Prep; Tessa Dunn–Tri City Prep; Olivia Muffley–Prescott High; Ellie Fenderson–Prescott High; Kaelee Keppel–Prescott High; Arley Tucker–Chino High; and Peter Kelley–Bradshaw High.

RWOP Awards Scholarships to 9 High School Seniors From Staff Reports

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he Republican Women of Prescott announced their 2021 RWOP Scholarship winners during a ceremony in May. They were awarded a total of $10,200 in tuition funding.

Funding for the scholarships came from RWOP’s year-long fundraising efforts, along with the Joseph and Peg Rhodes Endowment and a donation from Dr. Jason Campbell.

The scholarship committee members are Marla Bassler, Bette Borst, Barbara Ernst, Michelle Warburton and Chair Jeff Hubley.

Prescott High School: • Ellie Fenderson — Student body president, member of National Honors Society, volunteers at Prescott Animal Hospital. She plans to major in veterinary science at the University of Arizona.

• Kaelee Keppel — President of Academic Honors Club, communications officer of

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National Honors Society and student council member.

She plans to major in kinesiology at Penn State.

• Olivia Muffley — Member of National Honors Society, plays volleyball and basketball, volunteers at YMCA and local church. She plans to major in nursing at the University of Alabama.

• Emma Tenney — Member of Mayor’s Youth Advisory Board and student representative on Prescott Unified School District board. She plans to major in psychology at Brigham Young University.

Tri-City College Prep: • Elizabeth “Bizzie” Bower — Science honors student, plays basketball and volleyball and manages boys’ volleyball team. She plans to attend Asbury University.

• Tessa Dunn — Has 4.0-plus GPA at Tri City and Yavapai College, where she has earned 39 credits. Chair of Mayor’s Youth Advisory Board. She plans to major in secondary education at Grand Canyon University.

• Kaden Thiele — Maintains 4.0 GPA in high school and college courses, participates in National Honors Society.

He plans to major in business administration at Brigham Young University.

Bradshaw Mountain High School: • Peter Kelley — Senior class president, president and VP of DECA and qualified for DECA International. He plans to major in pre-law/political science at either Arizona State University or North Carolina State University.

Chino Valley High School: • Arley Tucker — Secretary for FFA, cofounder and co-owner of Cowboy Gal Trading Company.

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Hanging out with students time student, I couldn’t really afford being a full-time student.

Prescott LIVING: Let’s look at your career here at ERAU, especially because you arrived when the nation — and the world — were going into lockdowns because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Enrollment at Embry-Riddle has been remarkably stable.

While other institutions have lost students, you’ve done very well. To what do you attribute enrollment success?

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are looking for when they select a college. Also, our faculty are highly dedicated to the students.

The campus gets its energy from everybody being hardworking and collaborative.

One major strength is that ERAU students get much more hands-on experience than most other universities. If you go on a campus tour at other universities, they will probably tell you about them providing handson experiences. However, for the majority of larger universities, it is in reality only available for a few students, and students are not guaranteed to get those real-life experiences. But at ERAU, all our students can take advantage of so many different opportunities.

“Hands-on” doesn’t mean that you’re working with a wrench

and other tools! There are a lot of different types of experiences available. For example, we have business students working as consultants for companies worldwide-- From Israel to Norway, and many others, including right here in the U.S. They are getting real-world, hands-on experience in industry as a student here at Embry-Riddle.

Thanks to the opportunities we offer our students, we did see an increase in enrollment for the Fall of 2020, where the enrollment increased by almost 2%. That does mean that the growth rate slowed down from previous years, but we are still growing and happy with the outcome. Some other universities have seen a decline as high as 10 to 20% in enrollment due to the pandemic.

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It is too early to say exactly what the enrollment will be this fall, but we expect a continued increase of about 2% again.

Prescott LIVING: Students coming this fall can look forward to actual classroom and lab experiences, not just online instruction, is that correct?

Dr. Anette Karlsson: We have been mostly face-to-face since the summer of 2020. During the fall and spring, about 80% of our classes were face-toface. We are planning to be fully face-to-face in the fall.

Of course, if the pandemic flares up again, we will need to reevaluate the teaching mode.

We also hope to be able to resume all activities for the community, including our shows at the Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium.

Prescott LIVING: What I find remarkable is you have internships for students that are worldwide with major international corporations. That’s amazing.

Dr. Anette Karlsson: We have an excellent reputation not only nationally but also worldwide, and we have fruitful and strong relationships with our industry partners. Every year, we have two big career fairs, and more than 150 companies ask to come to us in order to recruit our students. That is unheard of at a lot of universities. Students today are much more interested in what happens after college.

Of course, students still want to have the college experience and have fun in addition to being a student, but they are also very concerned about getting a job after they graduate.

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Anette Karlsson with husband Rick Lehman in STEM building - Photo by Connor McShane — they have grown up in a very unusual world. It’s hard for us who have been around a little bit longer to think about what they have experienced. But they basically were 10 years old when the Great Recession hit, and now they’re enduring the pandemic. Students are very concerned about the future. They want to get stable jobs. They are still very innovative, and a lot of them want to start

their own business, but they’re very concerned about what happens after college, which was not the case maybe 10, 15 years ago.

Prescott LIVING: The ERAU emphasis is aero-aviation, aerospace, cybersecurity.

Which programs seem to be having the most growth?

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n today’s educational landscape, there is an ever-increasing need for every business to partner with local schools.

Matters such as society ills, federal and state budget deficits and lack of real-world relevance create endless opportunities for businesses to support local schools’ efforts to educate the future workforce.

Improved community image, presence One of the growing corporate buzz phrases is: Corporate Social Responsibility, or CSR. CSR is a company’s sense of responsibility toward the community and environment, both ecological and social.

Harvard Business School research found that companies with more corporate social responsibility practices outperform their counterparts over the longterm in terms of stock market and accounting performance.

When companies decide to use their CSR platforms to partner with

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schools, an increased presence of their company is created among students, parents, school staff and the community. This creates a lasting positive image that, in turn, increases a company’s profits and competitive advantage.

Create a prepared workforce All students should graduate from high school ready for college, careers and life.

Students tend to be highly receptive to receiving career education from people working in their fields. This can be done through businesses’ participation in school career days, field trips to business sites, shadowing and serving on school advisory boards.

When students are afforded the opportunity to work in the fields of their choice, they are better prepared for their postsecondary experience. Businesses can assist by providing internships for students and hire students as assistants and apprentices.

Community growth When students achieve their goals in education, everyone benefits. There is evidence that links business involvement with fewer dropout rates.

And when students see the relevance for pursuing a career in a specific industry, they are motivated not only to stay in school but to do their best.

Businesses should be vested in education because of their need for a strong pool of local workers and consumers who can afford their products. There is a wealth of opportunities available for businesses to partner with their local schools. School and business partnerships create a win-win situation for schools, businesses and more importantly students.

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Prescott Valley is all that and more.

Celebrating 42 years of incorporation, Prescott Valley has grown from a sleepy little stop on the road to a vibrant, active and flourishing Town. While growth and development naturally came along to this beautiful valley, it was a planned investment in the arts that brought the community to the next level of excellence.

The Arts and Culture Commission was developed as a part of Prescott Valley’s Parks and Recreation Department to advance the arts by providing distinct opportunities for community participation and artistic growth.

For 16 years, the commission has provided a public art program through its Art at the Center program, which has defined Prescott Valley as a forward thinking, progressive and creative community. The sculptures that inhabit the Civic Center campus represent a variety of media and approach to form created by regional and international artists.

Each year the commission reaches out to the art community with a call for submissions. The Civic Center displays are on loan for a year, but many pieces become part of a permanent collection for the Town of Prescott Valley. Artists are

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As the community promoter and destination marketing organization, the Chamber of Commerce recognizes the value public art has to our Town’s asset portfolio.

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Marketing is a way to identify what your customers need, defines your product, and promotes it so consumers are aware of your company and its products or services.

Advertising is the process of using paid media to tell consumers about a product, what it does, and how it can help them. Advertising is ultimately just a component of marketing. ❱ Marketing and advertising share the same goal, but marketing has a larger scope in the process. ❱ Marketing creates the brand to attract its target audience. This can be done through owned, earned or paid media channels. ❱ Advertising has a much narrower goal, which is to get the word out about a specific product or service. Money may be spent on traditional and/or digital media like social media, search engines, TV, print, radio, billboards and others.

Source: dictionary.com/e/marketing-vs-advertising

❱ Marketing is the umbrella term for brand positioning and awareness, while advertising is just one of the tactics used to get that done.

Most successful marketing strategies use advertising at different levels of a campaign in various types of media. ❱ While marketing can be paid, owned, or earned media, advertising is the component of marketing that focuses solely on the paid media aspect.

It is likely that the strategies that companies use to advertise and market their products will continue to change in an ever-evolving, digitally focused world, but if one thing is for certain: advertising is a crucial piece of the marketing puzzle. If businesses hope to see success in the years to come, they will have to develop holistic marketing strategies that reflect that.

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Chatting outside the AC1 building Dr. Anette Karlsson: Well, actually our aviation program — graduating pilots — is the program growing the most.

A lot of people are surprised when I say that, considering that recently the airline industry had fewer travelers. But I think the travel industry is going to jump back again. That’s apparently what everybody’s predicting.

What’s also driving that growth is that over the next few years lot of openings. When our flight students graduate and have the required number of flight hours, they get recruited quickly. Mainly by the airlines, but many also go to the military, corporate aviation, and even law enforcement. The Embry-Riddle name is so well known and respected within the aviation community, and we don’t just train students to fly-- We train them to be professional aviators from the moment they start flight training with us.

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increasing our presence in other new programs, as you mentioned. Cybersecurity — that’s also increasing. We’re working on putting even more emphasis on it. Then we have aviation business, which is a newer program. It’s starting to increase in enrollment.

But right now, it’s aviation that really attracts the large number of students.

Prescott LIVING: You have partnerships with other institutions.

For example, an application has been filed by Northern Arizona University and ERAU for funding for mutually beneficial projects. Can you comment about relationships with the other institutions?

Dr. Anette Karlsson: We’re trying to build up our research portfolio, even though we will still focus on undergraduate research and opportunities for our undergraduate students.

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you collaborate with other institutions and groups, then you develop different skill sets.

By working with NAU and Arizona State and University of Arizona and even out-of-state universities, it’s easier to bring in substantial funding. It also provides a great opportunity for students because they can visit another university and maybe spend a summer or a part of a semester to explore other ideas.

Of course, we also have significant support from industry, where they support various student projects. Engineering students, for example, have capstone projects their senior years where they design and build a device based on funding and concepts from industry.

Having external connections both through research and more practical projects really enhances the students’ experiences.

Prescott LIVING: Dr. Lisa Rhine, president of Yavapai College, is delighted at the relationship between Yavapai College and Embry-Riddle.

Dr. Anette Karlsson: She’s a great partner. We are just starting to work on a project – an articulation agreement – where students can spend their first two years at Yavapai College and then transfer to ERAU to get their four-year degree from us. This will be a great opportunity for students in the region by providing more pathways to a degree. I am also excited to welcome the new President of Prescott College, Dr. Barbara Morris, and hope to develop strong collaborations with Prescott College as well.

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Keep Kids Healthy as They Return to School

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chool campuses have long been known as incubators for germs, and children typically get six to eight colds per year, according to Stanford Children’s Health. The continued presence of COVID-19 is adding another layer of concern as this academic year begins.

Fortunately, some of the hygiene practices we’ve learned during the pandemic can help us prevent other illnesses from spreading as well.

Maintaining kids’ overall health through nutrition, physical activity and sleep boosts their immune system, as well.

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up to 2 ounces of healthy protein such as turkey, chicken, beans (including hummus), cottage or string cheese. Round it out with the healthiest whole grains they will eat and some cut-up veggies or fruit. Using bentostyle lunch boxes can make them more fun and kid-friendly.

Your children will be busy with classes and homework, but encourage them to be physically active for an hour or more each day through backyard play, sports leagues or whatever form of exercise they will enjoy and keep up with.

Sleep is equally important and needs to be prioritized, even when it’s difficult to fit the recommended nine to 11 hours into crowded family schedules.

Germ patrol Vaccines are the most effective way to prevent disease, so make sure kids have all the typically required shots for returning to school, and ensure all who are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine (ages 12 and older as of press time) receive that as well, to guard against illness and transmission. Be aware of their school’s face mask policy and teach them the proper way to use and store a mask whenever they’re required.

The next-best way to prevent illness is to continue encouraging the hand-washing habits that have been drilled into everyone’s heads over the last year and a half. Use soap and water and wash the entire surface of your hands for 20 seconds before rinsing well.

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CV Volunteers Polish 9/11 Memorial for Anniversary

by Blake Herzog

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two-year volunteer effort to refurbish Chino Valley’s Sept. 11 memorial is wrapping up most of its work in time for ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary.

Larry Holt, a retired police officer, helped launch the drive to make the improvements two years ago after happening upon the site at Santa Fe Trail and Shooting Range Road, just off Perkinsville Road near the Chino Valley Police Department training facility.

A sculpture of first responders holding up part of an I-beam taken from the fallen World Trade Center had been crafted by local welder Newell Roundy, installed on a pentagon-shaped concrete pad and dedicated in 2013 by the Town of Chino Valley.

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Set back from the road with no path to reach it, over the next six years it was neglected and overtaken by tumbleweeds and other vegetation, bird poop and other natural elements.

“People couldn’t see it, and if they did see it they probably didn’t know what it was. I knew what it was because we had done something similar in the town I moved here from,” Holt says. “I knew what we were looking at and said, ‘It’s kind of disrespectful to have it looking like it does’.”

In September 2019 Holt started a group that quickly moved forward with holding cleanup days, and after getting Town Council approval the following month drafted plans for improving the site.

Fundraising started with the sale of engraved bricks and pavers for a

walkway up to the memorial. Over the next two years some $13,000 was raised and dozens of volunteers installed new ground cover, a brick walkway, parking area, sidewalk, retaining wall and three metal storyboards depicting the sites of the Sept. 11 attacks, as well as three flagpoles, two benches and a plaque.

“It’s a good community thing, it gets a lot of people together and it makes some good friendships,” Holt says.

Raffles and other fundraisers continue for additional improvements, and the Town is planning a 20th anniversary event Sept. 11 at the memorial.

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These are the people and businesses who really give our community its shine, making it pop for residents and visitors alike. Our 120 categories are grouped into sections for people, pets, services, lifestyle, shopping and food and drink, covering most of the facets of your life here.

It’s always a joy for us to celebrate excellence in our community, and Yavapai County teems with it!

Our readers turn to the tried and true (Murphy’s in Prescott) and the new (Triple Creek Kitchen & Spirits in Prescott) for their favorite meals and

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fixins. They turn to Sundara Sanctuary for soothing yet soaring yoga classes and to Elite MT Athletics for a fierce workout, both in Prescott Valley.

And don’t forget the people and organizations who give our area its heart and soul, ranging from Best Elected Official Constable Ron Williams of the Prescott Justice Precinct to the most esteemed nonprofit - Emmanuel Pines Camp & Conference Center just west of Prescott on Spence Springs Road.

This is just a sneak peek at this year’s award winners, the people and places who’ve helped make our hometown shimmer from its perch in the forest and mountains. Read on to see who they are, and then thank them for all they do!

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(New Businesses cont. from page 23) tire distributor in the United States.”

He said the 5,100-square-foot building was equipped to provide full service to customers who needed assistance with tire repair and purchasing. Dehart said approximately 20 employees will serve customers, and that figure is likely to grow.

It is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays; closed on Sundays.

Alliance Home Improvement Center has opened at 3600 M. Glassford Hill Road. Its website calls the business “a drive-thru Lumberyard, a Culinary Center, computer paint matching, key-cutting, lock rekeying, chain saw sharpening, local delivery, knife sharpening, screen repair, glasscutting, blueprint copying and propane refill and exchange.” It also offers small engine repair and can serve as an Amazon pick-up location.

The center is linked to Alliance Lumber, a Glendale-based firm and one of Arizona’s largest lumber distributors.

National restaurant chain Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is opening its first property in the Quad City area at 5610 E. Hwy 69 on the west side of town. The restaurant is known for New Orleans-style Cajun and Creole flavors in a variety of chicken and shrimp recipes.

The restaurant was named after Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle, a New Orleans detective in the Academy Award-winning 1971 movie “The French Connection.” Founded 47 years ago, Popeye’s eateries are in 2,700 locations in the U.S. and foreign countries.

Among the newest non-national chains coming to Prescott Valley: Free Core Pilates, Mobility Plus, Jerome Prazak State Farm Agency, Makayla Chadwick State Farm Agency, Icon Solar, Boba Bliss, Optima Medical, Precision PCF, Squealing Hog BBQ, W & Z Asian Bistro, Buckle Clothing and Archer’s Bikes.

Owner-operator Sal Anselmo of the Grumpy Sicilian Italian restaurant in Prescott has announced plans to open a second Grumpy Sicilian in Prescott Valley this summer next to Fry’s Food and Drug at 3100 Glassford Hill Road.

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Sold Post Office Will Continue to Serve The 90-year-old multistory brick building dedicated in 1931 as the Prescott Post Office has been sold to undisclosed buyers at a price not announced, Postmaster Brian Wade announced June 22.

Even so, a portion of the building will continue to serve as a post office. It is located at 101 W. Goodwin St. However, main postal services will be handled through the post office at 442 Miller Valley Road.

Wade said the portion of the building that serves as a post office will soon

be remodeled; customer service will continue through the remodeling. He also said the 700 post office boxes will be retained but will be consolidated during remodeling. Some customers have had the same P.O. boxes since the building first opened.

The 25,788-square-foot building is three stories with a full basement. It also contains a two-story courtroom.

The Beaux Arts-style building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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CP Technologies’ Future Promising

Howard Remains at PUSD; No Masks Expected for School Year Joe Howard, Prescott Unified School District Superintendent since 2014, received a three-year extension on his administrative contract this past June.

Howard, noting that few of the district employees received salary increases on their new contracts, declined an increase in his. His annual salary is $142,000, plus benefits. Governing board President Deb Dillion praised Howard, saying the board was confident in him and supported his leadership.

Howard, with more than 25 years of public education experience, was himself a Prescott High School graduate. He is the son of now-retired PUSD superintendent Jim Howard.

The board also supported naming of longtime Prescott High School math teacher Adam Neely as the new high school principal. He was selected from among 12 candidates from across the nation.

The board also supported the recommendation that when school opens Aug. 5 for the 2021-22 school year, students, faculty and staff will not be required to wear cloth masks.

Alexa Scholl, PUSD health and safety coordinator, explained because of current data, the intent is that masks are not needed.

However, that decision is subject to change, contingent upon future health reports. Scholl also said the district is considering open vaccination clinics.

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Local, national and international leaders predicted a significant increase in high tech jobs in the immediate Prescott region during official ribbon-cutting ceremonies at the CP Technologies (CP Tech) manufacturing complex.

CP Tech personnel, Gov. Doug Ducey, industry and business leaders, and invited guests spoke during the June 9 program.

Ducey told guests: “What we’re seeing here in Prescott and Arizona is the midst of a manufacturing boom. We’re grateful for their investment in Prescott and look forward to their continued expansion.”

Ducey praised Prescott leaders for enticing CP Tech to select Prescott as its North American headquarters.

He welcomed Dr. Uzi Landau, chair, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems from Haifa, Israel; Moshe Elazar, CP Aeronautics president and CEO; and Mike McCormack, CP Tech president and CEO, who brought the firm to Prescott after it has been in San Diego for 24 years.

Landau said CP Tech is owned by Aeronautics Ltd, an international firm owned 50% by Rafael and 50% by a private investor, Avichay Stolero. CP North America is independently operated in Arizona. CP North America includes a family of brands like CP Tech, CP Systems and CP Aeronautics.

Elazar, recently appointed to his job, said he and his colleagues are proud to be part of the Prescott community: “We want to play a role as an essential economic

player in Arizona.”

Later, McCormack told guests that five states had tried to recruit CP Tech to relocate but that Prescott was unhesitatingly the best choice.

“Opening of this facility marks a major milestone for the CP brand,” he said.

“It provides needed expansion of our capabilities as a manufacturer to serve our customers worldwide.”

McCormack has long been involved with the defense industry. He served in the U.S. Air Force as an airborne command post communications systems engineer and has management experience with major defense and industrial firms that designed and manufactured products for defense and aerospace.

Prescott Mayor Greg Mengarelli thanked Ducey, Sandra Watson of the Arizona Commerce Authority and other state officials for their support. He also thanked local educational and business communities, noting that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Yavapai College were strong advocates for bringing CP Tech to Prescott.

“Make no mistake,” Mengarelli said “It is a new day in Prescott in having this company here as the national headquarters.”

CP Tech staff members later led visitors on guided tours. During tours, it was noted that other high-tech firms — some international — will soon be partnering with the company.

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On top of that we’re coming out of more than a year of shifting mandates on how much of our faces we can show and where.

As our tentative “Summer of Normal” continues, we’re breaking out the typical cheery eyeshadows and lighter coverages while taking some of what we’ve learned from making the best of a bad situation and integrating it into our regimen: Barely there “No-makeup makeup,” the usual direction summer trends in most years anyway, is again reigning this summer. As usual it does call for 76

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some makeup, and it’s easier to pull off if you have good skin underneath.

It starts with a primer that’s suitable for your skin type topped by a glowy foundation as close to your natural color as you can find, possibly mixed with a little bronzer or day cream if you’re seeking a sun-kissed vibe. Use the same approach for any concealer, Eyes still have it Since masks are still called for in some settings, and simply because it makes us look awesome, there’s still a lot of action around eyeliners, shadows and anything that emphasizes what is usually our best facial feature.

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Graphic eyeliner is huge right now, either as dramatic wingtips at the corners of your eyes or dramatic shapes drawn beyond your sockets with or without eye shadow (if you do, try purple or blue!)

Light touch on the brows With so much attention on the eyes themselves, you want to make sure they aren’t upstaged by heavy or overly dramatic brows.

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shade, or consider brushing them upward to give them some height without making them too heavy.

Satiny lips When you do highlight your lips, satin textures are probably the best way to go, as they’re less likely to melt and smear than mattes or glossies, whether they’re behind or in front of the mask.

This falls right in line with the retro ‘90s glamor makeup making a comeback now, with which you can combine rich accents on your mouth with a “no makeup” natural glow to the rest of your face.

Rock the shag Long or short, you can give your hair some fun volume with this look.

Whether you’re going all out with the “wolf cut” hybrid of shag and mullet that has been taking over TikTok or going for a more subdued version, adding some choppy layers can take some of the weight off, especially if you have natural waves.

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STYLE Apricot Lane 377 N. Montezuma St., Suite 102 Prescott, AZ 86301 928-237-9309

French Hen Boutique 108 S. Montezuma St. Prescott, AZ 86303 928-445-3424

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Peregrine Book Company

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Prescott Farmers Market

Furniture

Bella Home Furnishings

Jewelry

Artful Eye Jewelers

Nursery | Plants

Prescott Valley Nursery

Outdoor Decor

Ashley Homestore

Outdoor Gear

The Hike Shack

Place to Buy Art

Ian Russell

Place to Buy Gifts

The Honeyman

Place to Buy Souvenirs

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by Kelly Tolbert, Recreation Coordinator, City of Prescott

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ith exponentially more participation in outdoor recreation across the nation, the topic of noticeable changing natural resources cannot be ignored. Recent closures of Prescott’s own National Forest areas, coupled with drought conditions, enforces an urgency to spread awareness to the community.

Guidelines for slash management, including trees cut for construction purposes, suggest cut ponderosa be treated within 30 days. The document lays out how to make the pines uninhabitable for the beetles to breed and thrive. It does note there are “no practical effective sprays or injections” to stop attacks on healthy trees.*

Forest health In the Southwest, drought conditions have been deemed the worst in two decades.

The Prescott area also is experiencing a resurgence of the bark beetle that take out ponderosa pines. The local University of Arizona Cooperative Extension published a document stating that while pine bark beetles kill vulnerable ponderosa (vulnerable due to drought or lightning, etc.) each year, it becomes alarming when the loss is a visible infestation.

Water health Following a record-breaking fire season in 2020 and lack of measurable precipitation during the monsoon season, drying lakes and rivers throughout the West are impacting produce production and salmon populations. The Hawaiian Islands are even facing heightened wildfire risks.

Arizona is in the Colorado River Basin, which is made up of Lake Powell and Lake Mead and serves approximately 40 million people.

Both are reaching record low

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levels drawing the attention of first-ever federal mandated-use cutbacks. Much of the reservoirs decline can be attributed to greenhouse-gas-warming globally.

There is hope — starting with awareness. State, tribal and federal water managers are renegotiating interim guidelines in hopes of mitigating high demand amid low supply on the Colorado River Basin. Official new guidelines are expected to go into place in 2026.

Personal health What can be done on a community level?

Having informed conversations is a great start.

Many of the natural resources that contribute to the quality of life in Prescott are being changed or diminished. Amid a national housing crisis, vulnerable populations such as our transient and homeless are combating record temperatures, decreased air quality from fires, and other everyday basic needs often taken for granted.

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Dr. Anette Karlsson: The way the organization works is that we are one university with three campuses. We have the Daytona Beach campus and the Prescott campus. Both are residential campuses. Then we have Worldwide. It’s mostly an online institution, but it has some smaller residential presences in certain areas — for example, Singapore. The university is governed by a board of trustees.

Our university president, Dr. Barry Butler, reports to the board of trustees. I report to the president.

The two residential campuses have much in common. We basically work like two divisions if you were within a company.

Differences are not that great between us. Daytona Beach has a larger graduate program than we do. Prescott focuses on undergraduate education.

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in what academic programs we offer. We really are like two equal siblings in a family, I would say.

aerospace engineering university in the nation. To what do you attribute that kind of success?

Prescott LIVING: Your explanation really will help readers understand that ERAU is a separate residential campus. Do you have any major building projects coming up — dormitories? Classroom buildings? Anything that you’re trying to push through?

Dr. Anette Karlsson: It’s amazing what we have accomplished.

Being ranked as the top undergraduate institution in aerospace engineering is thanks to the hard work and dedication of the professionals in our College of Engineering. Many of our faculty come from industry and are truly committed to student success. They want our students to benefit from their knowledge and experience. When you take dedicated faculty and staff, and combine that with highly dedicated students, it’s the perfect recipe for success. And getting multiple students into the new U.S. Space Force is a testament to our amazing Air Force ROTC program, which is why our Det. 028 has often been called “Best in the West.” But when it all comes down to it, one of the reasons we are so successful is that personal touch and individual attention. Even with 3,000 students, we’re still small enough that our faculty and staff know our students by name. That’s not typically an experience one would find at a larger institution.

Dr. Anette Karlsson: Right now, we’re planning a new student union, student center.

Earlier, the plan was that we would have it finished by fall 2022. That plan was delayed because of the pandemic.

Also, my long-term goal is to refresh the campus. We have several buildings that have reached the end of their life because many were built in the early or mid-1960s. They were not really designed for our current needs. That will take the next 10, possibly 20, years, unfortunately.

However, the new student center will be first. I’m excited about a new student union. We have identified a location on campus, probably next to the visitor center. Then we will look at new classroom buildings and new buildings for faculty and staff offices. We’ll try to integrate them as much as possible with classrooms.

We’ll need to move a few programs because we need to take down some of the current buildings. But it’s really exciting to start replacing all these older buildings with new ones.

Prescott LIVING: This past year has been remarkable. ERAUPrescott won major national recognition. You placed students with Space Force, the newest U.S. armed service. Students received scholarships from of Boeing. ERAU was named the No. 1

Prescott LIVING: Let’s talk about funding. How tough is it to get the budget right now?

Dr. Anette Karlsson: What I really have appreciated being at ERAU is our ability to manage and balance our budget! That might sound like a strange thing to say, but many universities in the country struggle financially.

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how we spend our money. By having long-term planning and regular budget review from the Board of Trustees, we can make careful and sensible decisions.

As the leader for an institution like this, budget is always on top of my mind. But I don’t really worry about it. It doesn’t keep me up at night because I know we have a well-balanced budget.

So considering especially the pandemic, we’re doing great.

It’s just being careful, with everybody being responsible for what they spend.

Prescott LIVING: That’s different from when you worked for state institutions, funded by the state.

It must be gratifying to have a feeling of independence.

Dr. Anette Karlsson: It makes it easier sometimes when you’re private. State schools many times have these unfunded mandates from the state. Even so, private universities have a lot of reporting to do. We follow all the same rules about programs and so on.

But I think it also helps that we are a bit smaller than some of the state schools are. It’s easier to control the budget, perhaps.

Prescott LIVING: What’s your biggest satisfaction since you’ve arrived?

Dr. Anette Karlsson: My husband Rick and just love being in Prescott. It’s a great place to live.

We love the outdoors and the beautiful natural environment. I really enjoy my job. The people that I work with — students, faculty and staff — are just great.

When I moved to Prescott, I was out and about shopping and so on. I would chat with random people. They’d ask me what brought me to Prescott.

I said, “Oh, I work for EmbryRiddle.” They always would say, “Oh, we just love the students.”

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That was so nice. I always felt very welcome here when I moved here. It’s a good place to live.

Prescott LIVING: What has been your biggest challenge since you arrived?

Dr. Anette Karlsson: I hesitate to mention it, but I think what’s kind of derailed a lot of plans that I had when I came here was really the pandemic. The big challenge was just the balance — moving forward as an institution, thinking what happens after the pandemic, but also keeping everybody safe. That’s really been the biggest challenge.

Prescott LIVING: Any final thoughts you’d like to share with readers?

Anything you’d like readers to know about you, the university and what direction you’re going?

Dr. Anette Karlsson: We are really thankful for all the support we have from the

community. As I said, I get this positive feedback when I talk to people I meet at random.

And I also hope people will come back to campus to enjoy the planetarium we have. We want people from the area and state to just engage more with the campus. We hope they attend our many athletic events — soccer, volleyball, softball, basketball — all the athletic competitions. Certainly, we want them to enjoy our latest intercollegiate sport, baseball.

And many of the more than 100 clubs and organizations we have on campus have projects and programs in which the greater community also can be involved.

I look forward to a lot more interaction with the campus community and the general public once we have the pandemic behind us. We want this to be Prescott’s university. I think that’s what I’m looking forward to.

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Training Your Dog Makes Everything Easier

by Blake Herzog

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our dog is a member of your family, someone you want to take out with you as much as possible and share as much of your life with as you can. Your loyal companion deserves to be by your side.

But most pups will need a little bit of training before eating out at dog-friendly restaurants, hiking, boating, or being in crowded public events before outings can go off totally smoothly.

Here are some areas and simple commands you and your pet can focus on as suggested by the American Kennel Club to make sure everyone has a splendid time with and around your pooch.

Sit 1. Stand in front of your dog while holding some of their food or treats and wait for them to sit on their own. Once they do, say “yes” (or click the clicker if you’re using one) and give them a treat.

2. Back away or sideways to encourage them to stand again; when they do, wait for them to sit again and when they do, give them another treat and say “yes.”

3. After a few more treats you can start to say “sit” just as they begin to take a seat.

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Carry lots of their favorite kind of treat, cut into small pieces, and hold out of the dog’s reach.

2. Call your dog’s name and point to the side you want them to come to.

(Left is traditional for “heel,” but it doesn’t really matter.) As soon as they come alongside you, say “yes” or use the clicker and give them a treat.

3. After a couple of times, stop calling your dog or motioning to your side and wait for them to come beside you willingly, then say “yes” and reward them.

4. Speed up your pace and walk in crooked lines so your dog can learn to follow.

Stay Don’t use treats with this one, as they will just lure the dog to come toward you.

1. Position the dog as you wish in either a sit, down or stand posture. Give the “stay” command, followed almost immediately by the “release” word you have decided to use such as “OK,” “Release” or “All done.” If the dog doesn’t come to you at the release word, clap your hands, smile or otherwise give them the “green light.”

2. Once your dog has been able to connect the stay and release words, begin increasing the duration between the two by a second or two; if your dog begins to move or looks like they’re going to, repeat the “stay” command until they do.

3. Then start to increase the distance you move away from the dog after commanding them to stay, taking a half-step away, then returning and releasing them. Work on this slowly, a step at a time, and always return before releasing them.

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Many, though, have instinctual suspicion of still water and run to any faucet they can get to.

Cats need to drink about 3.5 to 4.5 ounces of water daily per 5 pounds if they aren’t eating

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wet food, according to.com www.pets.webmd.com.

To tell if your cat may be dehydrated, gently pinch the skin around its shoulders into a fold. If it doesn’t quickly snap back, there could be a problem; a vet visit is warranted. Other symptoms include dry gums, lethargy and sunken eyes.

To help hydration: • Include wet food, if possible.

• Experiment with different bowls, locations.

• Wash, refill the bowl daily.

• Invest in a fresh-water fountain.

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ewly adopted dogs and cats need time to adjust to their new homes; it’s important to be prepared for what can sometimes be a timeconsuming and stressful process.

It’s a good idea to research ways to help them adjust; don’t expect them to immediately feel at home. Some may, but many won’t. You might not see your new pet’s true personality for several weeks or even up to three months.

Be patient, loving and understanding. Stay on a regular schedule of feeding, playing and walking at the same time every day

so they can get settled into their new routine.

Remember that many newly adopted animals are dealing with the stress of being in a new environment with new people, routines and smells. They are also trying to figure out if they are really “home” or if there is another change coming.

Give your new friend a mixture of one-on-one time to learn your

voice and your movements while letting them have their own time to explore, decompress and just relax.

With some patience and love, you can enjoy “happily ever after” with your new furry family member!

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Magnify Your Home’s Natural Light

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etting more natural light into a home that doesn’t have much may not sound like an easy or affordable project to take on, but plenty of design tricks have been invented to maximize the brightness of the rays that do make it in.

Putting a few of them together, or as many as you’re able to, will create a much • About that shade tree — We know you love its cooling, shadowy effect on a blaring summer day, but think of the tradeoff if you trimmed it back a bit; sunniness throughout the room it affects, especially when you most need it in the winter. A professional arborist will be able to do this in ways that don’t harm the tree or make it look unbalanced.

• A new coat of paint — If you have the time and money for the endeavor, consider a different color or type of paint to reflect the sun, at least in rooms that really don’t get much natural light. Lighter, cooler shades of white or off-white or pale pastels work best here, while anything darker will start to absorb the sunlight. And remember, flat finishes won’t do much to elevate the room’s sunniness, so find the color you want in satin, semi-

brighter feel throughout your space, improve everyone’s mood and reduce energy costs from lighting, and perhaps heating, all without carving out new windows or skylights.

Here are some of the most effective changes you can make to your décor or surroundings: gloss or high-gloss to get some shine! You can also think about painting the exterior eaves angled toward your house white.

• Decorate with light touch — Whichever color paint and furniture you have, the wall art, pillows, throws, rugs and knickknacks you display will play a part in the overall brightness of a room or home. Sweep out moody night scenes, heavy wooden carvings and navy rugs if you can, no matter how stylish they are or were. Try to replace then with objects with shiny surfaces, and the old mirror trick does work as long as they’re angled to bounce light into the darkest part of the room.

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• Keep them clean — Don’t forget to clean the exterior-facing side of your windows regularly. They’re exposed to as much dust, soot, rain, snow and other elements as the rest of your exterior so just wiping down the insides isn’t going to do too much. It can take extra effort or some professional help (especially if you have a second floor), but its brightening effect is worth the effort!

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round cover plants are beneficial in so many ways. The foliage provides visual interest across hills, between boulders, and down slopes. They also reduce yard maintenance by fighting erosion and suppressing weeds.

Here is the definitive list for local groundcovers grown in the brutal sun or dense shade.

Creeping juniper, Juniperus horizontalis, performs best in full 6+ hours of sun. Creeping junipers resist drought once established.

They are low-maintenance shrubs and save work by holding back the soil on erosionprone hillsides, thanks to their sturdy root systems.

Creeping phlox has needlelike foliage making it droughthardy in sunny gardens, but it is most valued for its thick mat of flowers. Red, pink, white, blue, rose, lavender, even purple are all possible flower colors for this early-spring bloomer. Plants spread over time.

Creeping rosemary will tumble over a wall or spread across a dry rock lawn. This tough little gem is the perfect plant for garden walls, pots, banks, or a dry, sunny patch of ground. It is a superb ground cover for hot, dry locations. Deep blue flowers arise in great masses that are both deer and pest-resistant.

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Cotoneaster is ideally suited to flow over embankments and raised beds; an outstanding ground cover with dense foot-tall branches covered with shiny evergreen leaves.

The foliage is tinged in purple through autumn, which enhances the profusion of cranberry-type berries. Give this low-water user plenty of room because she spreads over 6 feet wide by 1 foot tall. Good on banks and to cover large open areas of rock in hot sunny locations. Plant with confidence, this cute evergreen rarely gets bugs, while rabbits, deer and other vermin don’t like the taste.

English ivy is the only evergreen vine that stays green in shady gardens. Large lustrous foliage stays waxed green through winter, forming a lush blanketing ground cover under large shrubs and trees. It quickly climbs walls, pillars, arbors and fences without support. One of the best vine uses is letting it dangle from the edges of hanging pots and baskets or cascading off the edges of tall urns planted with upright fillers — animal-resistant.

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The bicolored pattern can be thought of as an inside-out version of the more popular Euonymus Fortunei Emerald' n' Gold. The green is in the middle of the leaf and the brighter color on the edges. The best colors are in full sun and grow knee-high by 4-feet wide.

Sedum, Angelina Stonecrop, has several varieties. The entire group of plants is considered “succulents.” One of the most widely grown upright sedums is Autumn Joy growing to 18 inches. To grow something different, try Chocolate Drop for its deliciously dark leaves. Most all sedums resist drought.

Vinca is most often seen with blue flowers; the Alba cultivar of vinca minor offers white blooms. Because this flowering vine can take dry shade, it’s a problem solver. Many plants don’t like such conditions.

Super easy to grow and javelina, rabbit and deer resistant.

Virginia creeper is an Arizona native vine specially selected to dress up those miles of stockade fence.

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How an Umbrella Policy Can Save You from Ruin

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n umbrella policy is designed to protect you from almost everything your homeowner’s and auto insurance policies do not, as well as fill in gaps in coverage when the limits of these policies are exhausted.

Lawsuits are filed daily against ordinary folks, with reasons ranging from the frivolous to the justified. More often than not, people have no extra protection to block the plaintiff from going after their personal assets.

An umbrella policy is often referred to as excess liability. This excess liability coverage kicks in when the underlying limits on your homeowner’s or auto policy have been exhausted, or if you are sued personally for something that neither your homeowner’s nor your auto insurance covers. Depending on the insurance company, you can purchase from $1 million to $5 million worth of excess coverage, and sometimes as high as $10 million.

The amount of coverage should depend on how much you are worth. If you have $5 million worth of personal assets, you should get at least a $5 million dollar umbrella policy. It is not uncommon for someone to buy a $5 million or $10 million umbrella policy even if that number far exceeds their net worth because the coverage is so inexpensive.

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is cheap. It is possible to obtain $1 million worth of excess liability for about $150 to $300 per year.

The more cars and homes you have, the higher the premium, but the cost is still low.

In addition to your home and cars, liability associated with any other conveyances, such as boats, motorcycles and other recreational vehicles, may also qualify for coverage under the umbrella.

When to tap your policy For example, if you are involved in a car accident where you hit a pedestrian walking on the sidewalk, resulting in medical expenses that cost more than what your auto policy covered,

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Or, if the pedestrian decided to sue you for negligence and punitive damages, your umbrella can be used to cover your legal expenses and to pay any judgments levied against you.

Excess liability can also cover you for such things as personal injury, which includes false arrest and imprisonment, malicious prosecution, defamation, invasion of privacy, wrongful entry or eviction.

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These 5 Plants Help Purify Indoor Air

by Blake Hertzog

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ack in the 1980s, NASA was looking for solutions to indoor air pollution for everything from real homes to theoretical space colonies, and the results of one study found some species of houseplants were capable of removing one of the major classes of air pollutants from within controlled experimental chambers over a 24-hour period.

Scientists today contend plants can’t make much of a dent under real-world, uncontrolled indoor air pollution circumstances unless you have so many of them in a room they crowd out any people trying to get in.

But having plants in your home or office does reduce stress and improve your mood, so those are two really good reasons to keep them around. And these five were among the top performers in that NASA study, so they’re probably going to do even more for your environment than most!

• Ficus (weeping fig) — These tropical evergreens generally don’t get taller than 3 to 6 feet inside but are fast growers. They sport lots of glossy dark-green leaves that may drop when they’re stressed. Needs bright, but filtered, sun and fast-drying soil.

• Gerbera daisy — These brilliant flowering plants are mostly grown outdoors but can thrive in sunny rooms where they get lots of indirect sunlight. They should be watered when dry to the touch, since overwatering can lead to root rot as well as crown rot.

• Mass cane — Also known as corn plants, these have canelike stems that produce long, slender green leaves with a yellowish stripe down the middle. Good for newbies or nervous plant parents because they are low maintenance, grow in any kind of soil as long as it’s well-drained, and do best in low to medium light conditions.

• Potted mums — Potted chrysanthemums are one of the most popular flowers for growing indoors as well as flower arranging.

Keep their soil moist and fertilize them regularly for best results, keeping them away from drafts; remove faded flowers.

• Warneckeii — From the same undemanding dracaena family as the mass cane, they’re distinguished by their white striping and ability to grow just about anywhere.

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Live Big in Small Outdoor Spaces

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Low-Cost Tweaks Refresh Your Kitchen

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hen you’ve been using and living with a kitchen for a while you become familiar with all the things you’d like to change about it from the layout to décor to the built-in microwave with that one piece that keeps falling off.

There are many cost-effective tweaks that can make your kitchen more functional and appealing for everyone who enters and put it back at the heart of your home, where it should be:

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• Farmhouse touches — If the overall look of your kitchen is too bland or sterile, adding a few rustic elements will instantly make it more welcoming for everyone. Add a sliding barn door to the entrance or pantry if you can, hang your oldest pots on the walls, bring in sturdy but weathered stools and use reclaimed wood for those shelves!

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Affordable, Memorable— Verde Valley-Red Rock Country Day Trip

By Ray Newton

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ow that you can travel again, are you searching for short local adventures? Maybe something to inform and educate — a museum? Or an outing to entertain convivially — a wine tour? Or maybe you’re looking for invigorating recreation — golf?

You can do all these without taking a loan on your house or visiting your banker. Depending on where you live in Greater Prescott, you can drop into the Verde Valley and Red Rock Country only a couple of hours away and make memories with a day trip you’ll talk about for a long time.

My wife Patty and I have done it a couple of times. We highly recommend it. Worth noting —your golf score might be better if you play that round before you take the wine tour.

Let’s start with a museum that is the only one of its kind in the country.

Arizona Copper Art Museum Located near the center of Clarkdale at 849 Main St., this unique museum has a huge collection of more than 6,000 copper art and other copper products that tell the story of copper from around 3500 B.C. to present day.

Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except for Christmas and New Year’s Day, admission is $9.75 for adults, $7.75 for seniors, veterans and students; $3.50 for ages 10 to 17; and $1.25 for ages 5 to 9.

Clarkdale was once the heart of the copper industry in Arizona, a.k.a the “Copper State.”

Designated as an official Arizona Centennial Legacy Project in 2012, the museum has vibrant galleries that allow you to touch the artifacts, some of which are thousands of years old, including:

• Art and Architecture Collection — exhibits how this multipurpose metal has been used since early Egyptian days through the present.

• Kitchenware Collection — shows how copper has been used since primitive eras as a main element for pots, pans, utensils and other common cooking activities.

• Drinkware Collection — includes hundreds of vessels created for storing and serving liquids, and for plumbing and other functional household uses.

• Distillery and Winery Collection — exhibits how copper was applied in the making of wine, beer, cognac and other spirits.

• Historical Information Collection — reveals the history of copper and its versatile use in a variety of products over centuries.

• Military Art Collection — shows how military personnel used copper in creative and artistic ways.

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Arizona Copper Art Museum.

Owner-founder Drake Meineke welcomes visitors from throughout the world. The building was an abandoned high school until he remodeled it to accommodate what he calls “the shiniest museum in the West.”

Meineke is also proud that in 2014 — after its first year — the museum won the Arizona Governor’s Tourism Award. It is ranked among the top 3% of 5,000-plus attractions in Arizona by TripAdvisor users, and is the No. 1 site to see in Clarkdale.

You’ll have no trouble finding the museum because in front, on the southwest corner, are eye-catching signs and artifacts pointing the way.

Plan to spend at least an hour.

• Further details at www. copperartmmuseum. com or 928-649-1858

Patty and Ray Newton at Oak Creek Vineyards.

Verde Valley Wine Trail During your day trip you may be surprised to learn the scenic region of the Verde Valley has one of the nation’s-fastest growing viticulture industries. In the few miles separating Jerome from Clarkdale and Cottonwood, you’ll find clusters of more than 20 wineries. Going 136

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beyond those toward Cornville and beyond into either Sedona or Village of Oak Creek, you’ll discover other clusters for a total or 25.

You will not be disappointed if you try any of them.

A good first stop is the Southwest Wine Center, 601 Black Hills Drive, Clarkdale, on 13 acres of a gentle northern slope of Mingus Mountain. You’ll have a chance to meet Michael Pierce, viticulture and enology director of the Yavapai College-owned-andoperated vineyard. He and his staff have developed a premier hands-on educational program that takes students from the grape vineyard to the science of winemaking, bottling and marketing.

Personal tours are available.

If you call ahead for a reservation, you can enjoy a pleasant wine tasting in the recently refurbished tasting room. Even walk-ins are accommodated on the patio for a glass of wine and sales of the wine center’s products. You’ll be surprised at the number of varieties and styles.

In 2020, the center bottled more than 2,400 gallons of wine.

The profit is pumped back into the college’s program, making it one of the signature academic programs in the Verde Valley. More than 100 students are enrolled.

Dozens more wine tours await, all within minutes. There are so many wineries to choose from you’d be wise to look up the Verde Valley Wine Trail (www. vvwinetrail.com; downloadable map) or Wine Tours of Sedona (www.winetoursofsedona.com) to learn of the choices. You can schedule private, customized tours.

Chambers of commerce in any of the communities along the way have excellent information about options you may wish to consider.

For casual golfers, Canyon Mesa Country Club lets you tee off for a nine-hole round on an executive course where views will take your breath away. For the more serious, it’s considered a “target” course, meaning you’ll be challenged on most your shots.

Tucked away at 500 Jacks Canyon in the Village of Oak Creek, the course was designed in 1985 by Jack Snyder. The par 28-course has 1,450 yards wandering through stunning terrain with large shade trees that make summer play delightful.

Canyon Mesa Golf Course It’s not hyperbolic to say golf courses in Red Rock Country are among the most spectacular in Arizona.

• Book your tee time by calling 928-289-0026 or by going online at www. canyonmesacountryclub.com

Canyon Mesa Golf Course.

Golf Advisor ranks Canyon Mesa as the “19th best short course in the United States.” You can finish a round in about 90 minutes — unless you get totally distracted by the stunning scenery surrounding you.

You’ll enjoy meeting Willie Darke, the amiable golf pro who has been welcoming players to the course for almost eight years. He’ll help you check in and make sure you get your clubs loaded onto golf carts. He’ll be sure you get the best rates possible, too. It’s the perfect course for a family outing, some who might be “learners” intimidated by a regular course.

Currently, rates start as low as $13.

Canyon Mesa also has tennis and pickleball courts at reasonable rates. Best yet, you can grab a meal or a beverage at Nine and Dine Sound Bites Grill.

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Outdoor Adventures to Thrill the Whole Family

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ummer is cooling down and soon will be leading into autumn, when the slight chill and changing colors will make it another fantastic season for the family to adventure through Greater Prescott! There’s no better way to absorb some sunshine, inhale fresh mountain air and bring everyone a little bit closer.

Remember that many adventures carry a little bit of risk, but if you take the right precautions whether you’re on foot, wheels, water or hooves everybody should be able to have a blast!

Hiking, walking — The easiest adventure of all to find, you can walk along the streets of nearly any neighborhood or stroll along the historic, hilly streets of downtown, ducking into shops and eateries along the way. For more of a more vigorous experience you can try any hiking path on the renowned trail systems in the City of Prescott or Prescott National Forest, with paths suiting all levels of experience. ❱ fs.usda.gov/activity/prescott/recreation/hiking ❱ prescott-az.gov/recreation-events/ recreation-areas/trails Bike riding — Another activity that can be done just about anywhere in town, start out with leisurely rides through your neighborhood or on relatively flat grades like the Peavine or Iron King trails, and as you build confidence take on some of the more challenging trails in the forest or in the Granite Dells, depending on the skills of everyone involved. ❱ bikeprescott.org ❱ prescottmtb.com Horseback riding — If you don’t have any steeds of your own, check out Yavapai Trail Adventures southwest of town in the Copper Basin area of the national forest. Instructors match you with an appropriate horse for your

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size and experience level for rides ranging from 90 minutes to half a day, with many private trails through the wilderness to choose from. ❱ yavapaitrailadventures.com Water adventures — Refresh yourself with boating, kayaking, canoeing and paddle boarding in most of the area’s lakes, with onsite rentals available at Watson and Willow lakes until Oct. 17 and at Goldwater Lake until Sept. 26. Swimming is permitted in Lynx, Mingus and Granite Basin lakes. ❱ prescottoutdoors.com ❱ fs.usda.gov/activity/prescott/ recreation/wateractivities Fishing — Hold a family fishing derby from the shores of any of Greater Prescott’s regularly stocked lakes: Fain Lake in Prescott Valley and Watson; Willow, Goldwater, Lynx, Granite Basin and Mingus lakes in and around Prescott. ❱ azgfd.com/fishing/locations/prescott Camping — Many campgrounds in Prescott National Forest have campsites large enough to accommodate RVs, but most do not have hookups available. But any of them can be a great option for getting out of the house and bringing everyone a bit closer to nature. ❱ fs.usda.gov/activity/prescott/ recreation/camping-cabins Ziplining — The nearest zipline open to the public is the Predator Zip Line in Camp Verde at the Out of Africa Wildlife Park; the two- to three-hour tour takes you over the zoo and its inhabitants, an unforgettable perspective of the surroundings and vistas across the Verde Valley for everyone. ❱ predatorzipline.com P R ESCOTT LIV I NG 139

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A peek into the 2021-2022 school year at your Community Nature Center

by Ellen Bashor, Community Nature Center Education Director, City of Prescott

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t was an extraordinary year for the City of Prescott’s Community Nature Center. What started as a small COVID-relief initiative has grown into daily classes with hundreds of kindergarteners through seventh graders, made possible by a partnership between the City and Prescott Unified School District (PUSD).

Since last August, the City’s nature center has had over 12,000 student visits. Because of generous community members and organizational partners, visits are 100% free to students and teachers.

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The park rangers are now preparing fall programs for PUSD students. It’s your City’s Recreation Services’ goal to ensure that every child in Prescott has the opportunity to learn and play in our parks. Here’s an update on the Community Nature Center and a peek into upcoming school-year activities.

First off for those unfamiliar with our City’s nature center, please come visit! The center is an 18-acre open space preserve adjacent to PUSD’s Abia Judd Elementary and Granite Mountain School just off Williamson Valley Road. Open to the

public daily from 7 a.m. to sunset, the center is a great place for walkers and hikers of all ages and abilities.

If you have visited before, you may want to stop to see some of the changes that took place this spring and summer to improve learning spaces, protect natural features, and care for local species.

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Stop by the Juniper Grove Classroom, Bird’s Nest Classroom, or Granite Amphitheater to see the new signage and improved seating and whiteboard areas.

PUSD students have decorated flagstones to accompany the center’s new signage, reminding visitors to stay on the trail and protect our fragile prairie soils. Several marked areas look disturbed, but don’t worry because students have been working with club leaders to analyze and address cheatgrass, an invasive species.

Near the cabin, visit our new Monarch Waystation installed in collaboration with the Southwest Monarch Study. Park rangers have planted two key species of milkweed and developed a curriculum for students to participate in citizen science projects as monarchs arrive.

Perhaps most exciting is The Pond renovation!

All spring and summer, partners from GEM Environmental, Over the Hill Gang, Arizona Conservation Experience, and others worked to make this area the ideal outdoor classroom.

They dug and reshaped paths and drainage, cut logs, built rock walls, constructed benches, restored native plants, and installed a more sustainable water management system.

Enjoy an abundance of aquatic and riparian life, as well as the new Pond Amphitheater where classes will take place this fall.

Speaking of classes, here’s a peek into some curriculum initiatives nature center park rangers are eager to implement this fall in collaboration with district teachers and students.

Granite Mountain School’s STEAM Program will explore topics such as field science tools and techniques,

animal engineers, habitat and species analysis, and scientific illustration. Abia Judd’s fourth-grade teaching team’s biweekly Science Outdoors program introduces students to plant and animal adaptations; natural hazards and wildfire science; and water systems in Arizona. Abia Judd’s second graders will investigate energy in our ecosystems, aquatic life cycles, and animal signs and populations.

As our park rangers like to say, “The students of today are the stewards of tomorrow.”

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The trail ride starts at the Granite Dells Trailhead and follows the Peavine Trail through the Granite Dells, past Watson Lake, through the Yavapai-Prescott Tribal Reservation. At 1:00 pm we will ride into the VA Hospital to support our local Veterans. The all Horse Parade starts at Yavapai College and will end on Whiskey Row at 2:30 pm.

Have a horse and want to ride...

We would love to have you join us.

Go to our website and download our registration form and send it in. If you like, you can also become a member of the The Prescott Long Riders. You have until September 18th to sign up for the ride.

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Then, come see us ride down Whiskey Row into historic downtown Prescott. Spend some time at the Courthouse Square and meet our riders and their horses on Goodwin Street.

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(Technologies cont. from page 75) Mark Kempf, CP Tech vice president, said the 50,000-square-foot facility will manufacture high performance computer platforms, custom military, industrial computers, monitors and keyboards.

Also manufactured are world-class combat-proven unmanned aerial vehicles solutions for military, defense, federal and commercial customers.

In March, CP Tech partnered with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to design and manufacture the Portable Aircraft Control Station (PACS) for the U.S. Air Force. PACS is a rugged system that can perform direct connections with aircraft in pre- and post-flight operations and engine functions and provide a compact, yet cost-effective solution, Kempf said.

“We want to build another 50,000-square-foot complex next door, but we need to get the current facility fully loaded first,” he said. Kempf estimated that by 2024, CP North America will offer complete end-to-end manufacturing capabilities.

He also suggested even more high-tech employees will be recruited. Dozens of former California employees have relocated to Prescott, Kempf said. He estimated at least 150 employees would be in place within the next two years.

For additional information, visit cptechusa.com

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NACOG to Expand Broadband Capabilities Teri Drew, regional director of the Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG) in Prescott, said she sees an immediate need for increasing broadband service throughout central and northern Arizona.

“The intensity for creating broadband awareness has prompted us to sponsor a major survey throughout Yavapai, Coconino, Apache and Navajo counties.

That survey will help us develop a strategic blueprint for improving connectivity and digital equity so that emergency management, education, health care and work access are competitive with the rest of the state and nation,” Drew said.

Broadband infrastructure includes cabling and electrical systems that link homes and businesses into local and regional telecommunication and cable companies, making it possible to interconnect local users with internet, telephone, television and other similar services.

Drew and her NACOG colleagues in the Economic and Workforce

Development program are cooperating with Magellan Advisers, an industryleading broadband company, to assess broadband availability in the four NACOG counties.

She said she hopes to gather information from residents and organizations from various communities, large and small, to understand their needs. Residents and businesses in all the communities are asked to take the NACOG Broadband Survey.

It takes about 10 to 15 minutes. It should be completed by a person in a home or organization who uses and pays for services.

Data collecting during surveys will be used only for the purpose of developing a strategic plan. All that is wanted is demographic and statistical data so results can be compared to census data and then interpreted for statistical relevance.

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What’s occurring in NACOG and other COG regions in Arizona is part of a national effort. The Federal Communications Commission announced plans to provide low-income households with assistance to help them cover internet costs.

Stories by Ray Newton A $3.2-billion Emergency Broadband Benefit is available to households that participate in existing low-income and pandemic-relief programs offered by high-speed internet providers. The same is true of subscribers to the FCC Lifeline Program, including SSI benefit receivers, and Medicaid and SNAP recipients.

As many as 42 million citizens may not have access to high-speed internet.

NACOG’s territory stretches from the state’s northeastern borders to central

The Prescott Pioneer Arizona. It includes more than 47,786 square miles and 561,000 people.

Drew, with 40 years of NACOG experience, said she hoped everyone possible would participate in the survey because of its impact on community resources, elder care, child care, mobility and transportation planning, and economic workforce development.

Her office is in Prescott at 221 N. Marina St., Suite 201. Call 928-778-1422 or go to nacog.org for more detail.

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No. 13—Good Luck for Embry-Riddle Flight Team For the 13th time, the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Golden Eagles Flight Team has won the national flight championship.

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SAFECON). Results were posted May 22.

Prominent signs announcing all national championships line each of the two main entry roads into the ERAU campus.

Winning the national championship in intercollegiate aviation is the equivalent of winning the NCAA football, basketball or baseball championships in intercollegiate athletics, said Jason Kadah, director of

communications and marketing for the ERAU-Prescott campus.

More than 30 students from multiple academic disciplines comprise the team that competed in a variety of carefully defined virtual events such as aircraft preflight inspection, aircraft navigation, aircraft recognition, computer accuracy, ground trainer, precision landing and the like. Ordinarily, the competition is held in-person across the country.

In addition to the national championship, the Golden Eagles have won 35 consecutive regional championships.

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Books Enrich Life at All Levels

by Blake Herzog

“Writing is the painting of the voice.” ~Voltaire

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iterature isn’t always considered an “art” in the same sense that painting, sculpture, performing arts and other media are, but storytelling is at the foundation of all of them.

Thoughts and ideas are woven together, building on the ones before them and leading to the next. They create a world with its own logic and reasoning, though it can sometimes be hard to decipher it.

The arts, books in particular, have the power to relax and entertain us while making us stretch our brains to understand new concepts or rethink old ones.

They open new worlds and new possibilities to us.

Resurgent Reading The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ American Time Use Survey revealed that in 2019 the average American spent just 16.8 minutes a day reading books, magazines or newspapers for personal interest (not for work or school). This was the lowest average reported since the study began 15 years before.

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But the trend appeared to reverse during 2020, as the pandemic kept people close to home for months on end and searching for productive things to do with all the time freed up by the absence of commutes, nights out to restaurants and entertainment and travel.

Many people found the answer in their hands, as sales of print books rose 8.2% over the course of the year, according to Publishers Weekly. Books gained even more momentum in the first half of 2021, the magazine says, with almost all categories posting double-digit gains over the same period last year.

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conditions improve and their competitors open back up.

Why Should We Read Books?

Reading books, especially fiction, fosters your brain’s continued development as you keep track of plots, characters and backstories; think critically about the author’s message even as you are entertained by the plot; and build up your cognitive strengths until the moment you put the book down.

Books build your knowledge, vocabulary and communication skills. They support your development professionally, socially and spiritually, blazing your path to success in getting that promotion you need at work or successfully leading a volunteer project that fills a need in your community.

Books draw you away from everyday stresses and disappointments and help you decompress into another world or time, a world of imagination and possibilities which can unlock the creativity within you.

You get to see the world through the eyes of someone else, often someone completely different from you. But there will always be moments of self-recognition too, which will build your capacity for empathy with others you find it hard to identify with.

In short, book readers draw a lot of benefits from this one simple activity — and a national Health and Retirement Study found in 2017 that seniors who read books had a 20% lower risk of dying over a 12-year period than non-book readers.

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ocal celebrities and professional dancers will team up once again for the 5th annual Dancing for the Stars competition Oct. 2 to raise money for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona.

The major fundraiser for the nonprofit, the competition will feature: • Leslie Horton, Celebrity Dancer, Director of Public Health for Yavapai County, and professional dancer Zach Leonard, dance enthusiast and co-founder of Prescott Complete Care.

• Luther Kraxberger, Celebrity Dancer, Realtor with Realty ONE Group Mountain DesertPrescott, and professional dancer Marina Rogova-O’Brien, who teaches and choreographs shows at Yavapai College.

• Jen James Martin, Celebrity Dancer, is a performing arts professional who creates tutorials with her company Suspended Fluidity.

• Brendan McDonough, Celebrity Dancer, Granite Mountain Hotshot, author and motivational speaker, and professional dancer Dawn

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From left: Mike Nache, Carie Hughes, Mayor Kell Palguta, Jamie Procknow, Dawn Wilson, Brendan McDonough, Jen James Martin, Marina Rogova O’Brien, Luther Kraxberger, Dr. Lisa Rhine, Zach Leonard, Jess Savoni, Ron Howard, Leslie Horton, not pictured - Daniel Garcia - Photo by Blushing Cactus Photography

Wilson, who has been teaching dance for more than 20 years.

• Mike Nache, Celebrity Dancer, owner of State Farm Mick Nache Insurance Agency and youth sports coach, and professional dancer Carie Hughes, who is a Realtor with Keller Williams Biltmore, a dancer, singer and choreographer with Prescott Center of the Arts for more than 33 years.

• Kell Palguta, Celebrity Dancer and Prescott Valley Mayor who teaches criminal justice at Yavapai College, and professional dancer Jamie Procknow, who teaches movement and fitness as well as advocates locally, nationally and globally for children.

• Dr. Lisa Rhine, Celebrity Dancer, president of Yavapai College, and professional dancer Daniel Garcia, who is an expert Latin dancer and teaches regular classes at The Taj Mahal on Wednesdays and the Elks Performing Arts Center on Sundays.

• Jess Savoini, Celebrity Dancer, and head of the Savoini Real Estate Team for Realty Executives AZ Territory, and professional dancer Ron Howard, who is a coleader and choreographer with the MC Hammer dance team.

• Alexis Pursell, Kids’ choreographer • Sarah Hinson, Group 2020 choreographer Presenting sponsors include: El Gato Azul, Granville Universal Homes, James Deep Well Ranch, Lamb Chevrolet, and Yavapai College.

The event, in the Hendrix Auditorium, Mile High Middle School, 300 S. Granite St. in Prescott, will feature a matinee show and an evening performance that includes general admission tickets or VIP tickets with Red Carpet Reception and the After-Party.

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Support the 2021 Dancing for the Stars event to provide local youth with amazing, life-changing opportunities.

Donate to Luther Kraxberger & Marina Rogova-O’Brien and support our youth, the future stars of our community Luther Kraxberger was born in Beavercreek, a small hamlet just outside of Portland, Oregon. He came to Prescott to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University & graduated with a degree in Aeronautical Science in 2008. In 2011 he decided to pursue a career in Real Estate and is now one of the top Realtors® in Northern Arizona. His hobbies include mountain biking, classic car restoration & spending time with his wife Rebecca and their three beautiful children.

Go to dancingforthestars.net to show your support for Luther & Marina!

Support Leslie Horton & Zach Leonard as they dance in this year’s Dancing for the Stars event to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona.

By supporting Dancing for the Stars 2021 you are providing local youth with life-changing opportunities. All proceeds stay local and make a direct impact in our community.

In 2020 alone we hosted 16,590 Clubhouse visits, provided 3,480 hours of programming and served 669 kids and teens in various sessions.

Leslie Horton is the Director of Yavapai County Community Health Services, where she has worked for over 19 years. She has devoted her career to building healthy communities. Over the past year-and-a-half, her primary focus has been to stop the spread of Covid-19, and lessen its impacts on our most vulnerable populations.

Visit www.dancingforthestars.net to vote for them & donate today!

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Looking Back: The Original Territorial Capital of Arizona Contributed by the Chino Valley Historical Society

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hino Valley’s history began with the declaration of Arizona as a United States territory on Feb. 24, 1863.

The Post of Fort Whipple, the site of the first territorial government, was set up near Del Rio Springs on Dec. 23, 1863. In May of 1864, it moved closer to Prescott. Within months settlers homesteaded the land and the long story of farming and ranching in Chino Valley began.

In 1909, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and the Fred Harvey organization continued the farming tradition when they purchased the farm to supply the Fred Harvey Houses along the Santa Fe Railroad with milk, eggs, meat and produce.

The coming of the railroad signaled a new era for Chino Valley.

Jerome Junction was created to provide a transfer point between the narrow gauge coming over from Jerome, and the Santa Fe Railroad going from Prescott to the main line at Ash Fork. The center of activity now moved there. It became a major railroad junction complete with stockyards, Wells Fargo office,

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post office, school and a hotel. In May 1920 the railroad line from Jerome was moved farther north.

Jerome Junction remained a stop on the Santa Fe line, but most of the activity of the area moved west along Highway 89. Many of the buildings were moved there, too. From 1920s through the late 1940s most families were engaged in farming or ranching.

Dairy farms took on a new impetus from the mid-1950s through 1965. The increasing costs for electricity and water for irrigating soon made it unprofitable for farmers to work their land. While the farm dollar decreased, the land values increased and many made the

choice of selling their land for new homes and businesses.

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lex Maldonado is one of several native artists that continues to be a driving force in the success of the Prescott Indian Art Market. Considered one the highest quality Indian Art Markets in the United States, PIAM has been blessed with his artistic vision, leadership and guidance almost since the beginning more than 23 years ago when he and a handful of Indian artists mapped out (on a restaurant napkin) their collective vision for an event that featured native art, not commercialized trinkets.

A Pascua Yaqui, Maldonado has been balancing his time between family, better his craft by learning how to play the instrument. Self-taught, he makes for his musicality, and for his passion for preserving the heritage of his people.

“While researching my Yaqui heritage,” he explains, “I sensed a loss of identity because my ancestors would sometimes disguise their heritage in order to survive. Many traditions were lost because of this. my people – it’s one of the many victories in life, knowing who you are and being proud of it.”

Looking to become more versatile as an artist, Maldonado began work on other instruments used by his Nation – not only musically but artistically. He creates Yaqui harps, Pascola dancer carvings and masks, and gourd rattles used by Yaqui traditional dancers. He also makes native drums out of various woods in different widths and

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depths, each creating a different tone. His drums and artwork are on display at museums across the nation.

His Pascola masks are handmade out of various woods to resemble human faces or animals. Each mask has a unique design carved or painted into it and adorned with horse hair. Since each is created individually, no two are alike. Whether performing with a handmade flute, showcasing his drum artistry, accompanying his family dancers, mask making or flute artistry, Maldonado is a recognized artist of the Southwest and 2021 featured artist at Prescott Indian Art Market, where he has served on the jury and council providng guidance and direction that has benefitted more than 150 artists annually at the venue (Sharlot Hall Museum).

“It has been a labor of love,” he explains, “not only creating my own art and performing the music of my people, but in encouraging others to pass the traditions on, from generation to generation, about the histories, heritage and cultures of our many ancestors.”

The juried Prescott Indian Art Market will be held at Sharlot Hall Museum on Sept. 18 & 19. Admission to PIAM includes one-on-one access to all the artists, an up-close and personal inspection of the art, and viewing for all Museum exhibits and historic buildings on campus.

Admission: $10 for adults, Museum members $8, 17-under free.

Hours: 9 am-5 pm Saturday; 9 am-4 pm Sunday.

For information, call 928-445-3122 or check the website: W W W. S H A R LOT H A L L M U S E U M .O R G / F E ST I VA L / P I A M

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Gabriella’s Ristorante 8930 E. Valley Road, Prescott Valley 928-227-0358 gabriellasristorante.com

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abriella’s Ristorante is said by locals to be the “hidden gem” tucked away in Prescott Valley.

Featuring homemade pasta and a variety of wines, this intimate, familyowned restaurant features the recipes of Chef Jim Cabral brilliantly led by head chef and son Cody.

Regulars rave about the homemade favorites such as the lasagna ala Bolognese, the chicken and veal entrees, and irresistible homemade creamy Italian dressing served over the bottomless family-style salad with focaccia bread. With locally featured 18-year-aged Balsamic and Tuscan Herb Olive Oil from Prescott Valley’s Rafter Eleven, guests will enjoy a welcoming ambiance and incredible meal sure to leave an impression.

With a variety of featured specials to try, remember to save room for homemade tiramisu, cannoli and other fine desserts. Whether you hope to enjoy a celebratory meal with a loved one or wish to escape on any weekday night, Gabriella’s is your new favorite local authentic Italian eatery.

Papa’s Uptown 129 ½ N. Cortez St., Prescott 928-776-4880 papasitalianrestaurant.com

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orn out of a love for delicious food and fine wine, Papa’s Uptown has become the premiere location for Italian dining in Prescott. Papa’s has been a family-owned restaurant for more than 30 years.

It offers the warmth and hospitality of the “Italian home” where everyone can be nourished by

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Rosa’s Pizzeria

our families’ Italian recipes and traditions of yesterday.

Papa’s Uptown is nestled in the heart of Prescott and is reminiscent of Grandpa Benedetto’s restaurant and bar in Auburn, New York. It was a treasured place where families would gather to eat, drink and connect as laughter filled the air in a casual and fun atmosphere.

Enjoy the old-world Tuscan décor, the sounds of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, the delicious smells of home-cooked sauces, the taste of Grandma Benedetto’s minestrone soup, all with bright smiles, casual excellence and elegant service — a feast for the senses!

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Rosa’s Pizzeria 330 W. Gurley St., Prescott 928-445-7400 rosaspizzeria.com

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here Sicily meets New York City, Rosa’s Pizzeria is arguably one of the best and most celebrated restaurants in Prescott.

After almost a decade of successful operation, local restauranteur Skyler Reeves of Vivili Hospitality Group took ownership of the restaurant in 2018 from Domenic and Rosa Anzelmo under the one condition that he carried on the Anzelmo’s legacy by not changing a thing.

The pizzeria pays homage to the family’s deep Mediterranean roots offering authentic,

homemade Sicilian and Southern-Italian recipes along with traditional New York-style pizza. Complete with a full bar, the interior offers a warm and inviting atmosphere with rustic brick walls, buffalo-plaid tabletops and vintage art pieces.

A few favorite dishes include Rosa’s Specialty Chicken Martini served with asparagus, peas and a creamy white parmesan sauce, the Rigatoni Toscana loaded with homemade sausage, roasted onions and bell peppers and Grandma’s Pizza smothered with chunky pomodoro sauce, roasted garlic and topped with basil.

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West Granite Creek Splash Pad Welcome Relief in Record Heat For hundreds of kids, relief from the record-breaking Prescott heatwave keeps happening when they scramble into the recently completed splash pad, open since May 28.

Miniature geysers erupt and spray youngsters — and sometimes their parents and pets.

Kids climb and crawl over a colorful locomotive and caboose headed down painted tracks to a domed water tower where a bucket pours water that spreads and splashes on frolicking youngsters.

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on the north on Montezuma Street, the site has the sole purpose of providing additional recreational opportunities for families and for visitors, said Prescott Recreation Services Director Joe Baynes.

Splash pad hours are dawn to dusk through Labor Day. The splash pad is just one of the improvements being added to the West Granite Creek Park area. Ultimately, the area will include picnic tables, a small ramada and new walkways to connect it to Granite Creek Park on the east side of Montezuma Street. This is all part of a $1 million City project to improve the Granite Creek Corridor.

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Longtime Museum Director Retires After 16 years — the last 12 years as executive director — Cindy Gresser retired from the Museum of Indigenous People (MIP) in mid-June and will be relocating to Tucson to be near family members.

MIP Board of Trustees President Barbara Karkula said Gresser had left the museum in good shape, and that Assistant Director Manuel Lucero had been promoted to the executive director position. He had been assistant director the past four years.

Lucero said he will continue pursuit of the mission statement written by Gresser 16 years ago — “to instill understanding and respect for the indigenous culture of the Southwest.”

During her museum career, Gresser emphasized that MIP focus on sharing information about pre-historical, historic and contemporary examples of Indian culture and creativity from not just the Southwest but also the United States, Canada and northern Mexico.

Presentations frequently are directed toward students, especially those in lower grades. Tours, lectures and hands-on activities characterized such educational experiences.

Located at 147 N. Arizona Ave. in a stone building listed on the National Register of Historic Places, MIP is open Monday through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m.

Summer Folk Sessions End Sep. 9 The popular Folk Sessions Summer Series in the Pines will conclude its musical season with two final programs – Aug. 26 and Sep. 9.

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Run. They will perform at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Their latest release, “Seed and Silo,” was labeled as one of the top three Pop Matters “Best Folk Albums of the Year”

by American UK. The Sept. 3 program will feature the MacDougal Street West in a band performing a Peter, Paul and Mary tribute.

Performances are set for 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Programs will be in the natural outdoor amphitheater at 1375 S. Walker Road. CDC guidelines for seating and distancing will be followed. Tickets for each program are $25 per person.

More details about the musicians and their performances are available through the Highlands Center for Natural History, an educational nonprofit organization at highlandscenter.org or 928-776-9550.

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Kelly Tolbert

Recreation Coordinator, City of Prescott Q: What brought you to Prescott, and how long have you been here?

Q: If you could have dinner with any three to five people (dead or alive) who would it be?

A: I came to visit and fell in love with the landscape, decided to stay. That was in 1998.

A: Dinner with three to five people: Definitely my mom because I miss her, Bo Jackson — great athlete and human, and Dolly Parton — because she’s amazing!

Q: How did you become interested in your career field?

A: Having grown up participating in parks and recreation programs such as swim team and gymnastics, I really appreciate the opportunities my local department gave me. My graduate degree is in recreation and tourism, so I also enjoy observing trends and habits of the travel industry.

Q: What is the biggest challenge of your job?

A: Constantly adapting to the demands of the industry while aiming to keep residents’ and visitors’ experiences memorable.

Q: What is the last book you read, and what did you most enjoy about it?

A: Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile — Brandi’s autobiography is funny, fascinating, authentic and gritty.

Q: What is your favorite Prescott activity?

A: Prescott has such great trails, so you can definitely find me on those. I also enjoy perusing the local shops and dining on a patio.

Q: What is the greatest reward of your job?

A: Seeing families enjoy our public lands whether it is on a playground, trail or in our outdoor classrooms.

Q: Where would you like to vacation next and why?

A: Planning to visit Martha’s Vineyard in September because a generous friend has offered lodging, and I’ve never been that far north on the East Coast. Plus, I love coastal towns!

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